tvungen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

tvungen

  1. obligatory; obligate
  2. constrained, stiff

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of tvinga

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

Inflection of tvungen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tvungen
neuter singular tvunget
plural tvungna
masculine plural2 tvungne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tvungne
all tvungna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Participle

tvungen

  1. past participle of tvinga

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