utgå
Swedish
Etymology
ut + gå
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -oː
Verb
utgå
- to go out, to start (a journey)
- to assume, to base (an assumption on something), to start (from an assumption)
- jag utgår från att ni känner till slaget vid Narva
- I assume you are familiar with the battle of Narva
- bedömningen utgår från placeringen
- the assessment is based on the location
- to be cancelled (to be gone), to expire
Usage notes
- This verb can most often be separated (gå ut) without change of meaning.
- 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.
Conjugation
Conjugation of utgå (strong)
| Active | Passive | |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | utgå | — |
| Present tense | utgår | — |
| Past tense | utgick | — |
| Supine | utgått | — |
| Imperative | utgå | — |
| Present participle | utgående | |
| Past participle | utgången | |