angå
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German angan or German angehen. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål angå, Danish angå and Dutch aangaan. Equivalent to an- + gå.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -oː
Verb
[edit]angå (present angår, preterite angick, supine angått, imperative angå)
- 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
- 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!]
- Synonym of beträffa (“concern, have to do with”)
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of angå (strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | angå | — | ||
| Supine | angått | — | ||
| Imperative | angå | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | angån | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | angår | angick | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | angå | angingo | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | angå | anginge | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | angående | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
[edit]- angå in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- angå in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- angå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)