beskaffenhet

Norwegian Bokmål edit

From beskaffen +‎ -het, compare with German Beschaffenheit.

beskaffenhet f or m (definite singular beskaffenheta or beskaffenheten, indefinite plural beskaffenheter, definite plural beskaffenhetene)

beskaffad (“constituted”) +‎ -het (“-ness, -ity”)

beskaffenhet c

nature, character
Masugnarna indelas efter bränslets beskaffenhet i träkols- och koksmasugnar
Blast furnaces are categorized by the character of the fuel in charcoal and coke furnaces

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.