Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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tvungen

  1. obligatory; obligate
  2. constrained, stiff

Swedish

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Etymology

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past participle of tvinga

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Inflection of tvungen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tvungen
Neuter singular tvunget
Plural tvungna
Masculine plural3 tvungne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tvungne
All tvungna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

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See also

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Participle

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tvungen

  1. past participle of tvinga

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