tvungen

Danish

Etymology

past participle of tvinge

Adjective

tvungen (neuter tvungent, plural and definite singular attributive tvungne)

  1. obligatory; obligated
    Synonym: obligatorisk
  2. constrained, stiff, unnatural

Declension

Inflection of tvungen
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular tvungen — —2
indefinite neuter singular tvungent — —2
plural tvungne — —2
definite attributive1 tvungne — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Participle

tvungen

  1. past participle of tvinge

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

tvungen

  1. obligatory; obligate
  2. constrained, stiff

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of tvinga

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tvungen (not comparable)

  1. forced (by circumstances)
    Vi var tvungna att ge upp
    We had to give up
    (literally, “We were forced to give up”)

Declension

Inflection of tvungen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tvungen — —
neuter singular tvunget — —
plural tvungna — —
masculine plural2 tvungne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tvungne — —
all tvungna — —

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.

Derived terms

See also

Participle

tvungen

  1. past participle of tvinga

References

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