pågående

Danish

Etymology

pågå +‎ -ende. From the verb pågå.

Adjective

pågående (indeclinable)

  1. unavoidable, inescapable (something that comes close to life, and which one therefore cannot avoid thinking about or relating to)
    Synonym: uafrystelig
  2. forceful, forward, pushy, intrusive (of a person)
    Synonyms: påtrængende, anmassende

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb pågå.

Adjective

pågående (indeclinable)

  1. ongoing
  2. forceful, forward, pushy (of a person)

Etymology 2

Verb

pågående

  1. present of pågå

References

Swedish

Participle

pågående

  1. present participle of pågå

Adjective

pågående

  1. current, going on

Declension

Inflection of pågående
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular pågående — —
neuter singular pågående — —
plural pågående — —
masculine plural2 pågående — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 pågående — —
all pågående — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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