vedkommende

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Danish

Verb

vedkommende

  1. present participle of vedkomme

Adjective

vedkommende (neuter vedkommende, plural and definite singular attributive vedkommende)

  1. in question
  2. relevant or interesting
    • 1911, Love og expeditioner vedkommende kirke- og skolevæsen, Denmark:
      ... ikke kan siges at være ham særlig vedkommende.
      ... cannot be said to be particularly relevant to him.
    • 2017, Ursula K. Le Guin, Altid hjem, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Den øvrige verden var ikke særlig vedkommende for de fleste i Dalen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2004, Ida Hamre, Tværæstetisk læring: - undervisning i og med animationsteater, ISD LLC, →ISBN, page 46:
      Man må antage at disse spil, der bygger på de studerendes egne historier er med til at gøre oplevelsen særlig vedkommende for dem selv og for fællesskabet.
      One must assume that these games, which builds on the students' own stories, contribute to making the experience particularly relevant to themselves and the community.
    • 2011, Marianne M., Vi medafhængige: en beretning om et liv i medafhængighed, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 87:
      Jeg syntes heller ikke, at danskstudiet, som jeg havde ventet mig så meget af, var særlig vedkommende. Alle tekster skulle analyseres ud fra et marxistisk synspunkt.
      I also didn't think that Danish studies, from which I had expected so much, were particularly interesting. All texts had to be analyzed from a Marxist viewpoint.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

vedkommende (indeclinable)

  1. appropriate

Pronoun

vedkommende

  1. A gender-neutral third-person singular personal pronoun.
    Hvis noen kjører over fartsgrensen, må vedkommende betale en bot.
    If someone speeds, they must pay a fine.

Usage notes

Only used in generalizations, not for specific persons.