utgå
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
utgå
- to go out, to start (a journey)
- to assume, to base (an assumption on something), to start (from an assumption)
- jag utgår från att ni känner till slaget vid Narva
- I assume you are familiar with the battle of Narva
- bedömningen utgår från placeringen
- the assessment is based on the location
- to be cancelled (to be gone), to expire
Usage notes
- This verb can most often be separated (gå ut) without change of meaning.
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation
Conjugation of utgå (strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | utgå | — | ||
| Supine | utgått | — | ||
| Imperative | utgå | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | utgån | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | utgår | utgick | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | utgå | utgicko | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | utgå | utgicke | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | utgående | |||
| Past participle | utgången | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||