angå

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German angan or German angehen. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål angå, Danish angå and Dutch aangaan. Equivalent to an- +‎ gå.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oː

Verb

angå (present angår, preterite angick, supine angått, imperative angå)

1. to be of concern to; be of one's business; have to do with

   Du får inte veta vad som är lösenordet till min dator, det angår inte dig!

   You shouldn't know the password to my computer, that has nothing to do with you!

Usage notes

• 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 quite different meaning

Conjugation

References

• angå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• gå an, ånga