angå

From Middle Low German angan. Equivalent to Compound of an +‎ gå.

angå (imperative angå, infinitive at angå, present tense angår, past tense angik, perfect tense angået)

1. to concern (have (legitimate) relevance to someone's interests)

   Synonym: gælde

2. to be someone's business or interest

   Synonyms: vedkomme, vedrøre

• “angå” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Low German angan or German angehen. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål angå, Danish angå and Dutch aangaan. Equivalent to an- +‎ gå.

• Rhymes: -oː

angå (present angår, preterite angick, supine angått, imperative angå)

1. to concern (have (legitimate) relevance to someone's interests)

   Ungdomars psykiska hälsa angår oss alla

   The mental health of youth concerns [is relevant to] us all

   1. to be someone's business

      Du får inte veta lösenordet till min dator. Det angår inte dig!

      I won't tell you the password to my computer. [You do not get to know the password to my computer.] It's none of your business! [It does not concern you!]

2. synonym of beträffa (“concern, have to do with”)

• 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.
• The separated verb gå an has a different meaning.

• angå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• angå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• angå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• gå an, ånga