verksamhet
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
verksam + -het. Swedish verksamhet derives from verksam (“busy, active”) just like English business derives from being busy.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
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- goal-oriented activity (either commercial or more general goal-oriented activity, carried out on an ongoing basis, often within an organization or group), operations
- Teaterns verksamhet omfattar också turnéer
- The activities of the theater also includes tours
- (seldom in Finland) a business (commercial or not), an enterprise, an institution
Usage notes edit
- Verksamhet is a neutral word, often used in legal texts and social sciences to denote any kind of private or public institution or enterprise.
- While Swedish verksam (“worksome”) (one who works; i.e. busy, but also effective) doubtlessly has the same roots as German wirksam (“effective”), their meanings do not fully overlap. And Swedish verksamhet (“activity”) has taken on quite a different meaning than German Wirksamkeit (“effectiveness”). Swedish verksamhet corresponds better to German Tätigkeit (“activity”).
Declension edit
| Declension of verksamhet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | verksamhet | verksamheten | verksamheter | verksamheterna |
| Genitive | verksamhets | verksamhetens | verksamheters | verksamheternas |
Derived terms edit
- verksamhetsberättelse
- verksamhetsform
- verksamhetsplanering
- verksamhetsstyrning
- verksamhetsutveckling