iaktta
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From i akt + ta.
Verb
iaktta (present tense iakttar, past tense iakttok, past participle iakttatt)
Related terms
Swedish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Verb
iaktta (present iakttar, preterite iakttog, supine iakttagit, imperative iaktta)
- to observe, watch
- to comply with, to follow, to observe a custom or an etiquette
- to consider, to take into account
Usage notes
- 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
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | iaktta | iakttas | ||
| supine | iakttagit | iakttagits | ||
| imperative | iaktta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | iakttan | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | iakttar | iakttog | iakttas | iakttogs |
| ind. plural1 | iaktta | iakttogo | iakttas | iakttogos |
| subjunctive2 | iaktta | iakttoge | iakttas | iakttoges |
| present participle | iakttagande | |||
| past participle | iakttagen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | iakttaga | iakttagas | ||
| supine | iakttagit | iakttagits | ||
| imperative | iakttag | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | iakttagen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | iakttager | iakttog | iakttages | iakttogs |
| ind. plural1 | iakttaga | iakttogo | iakttagas | iakttogos |
| subjunctive2 | iakttage | iakttoge | iakttages | iakttoges |
| present participle | iakttagande | |||
| past participle | iakttagen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
See also
- lägga märke till (“notice”)
- varsebli (“become aware of”)
Further reading
- iaktta in Svensk ordbok.