Förbjuds

Förbjuds is the present passive form of the Swedish verb förbjuda, meaning to prohibit or forbid. It signals that a rule, law, or policy prohibits a certain action or condition. The form is commonly found in official notices, signage, and regulatory language, where it stands as a predicate about what is not allowed.

In use, förbjuds often appears without an explicit subject, implying a general prohibition: Rökning förbjuds inom byggnaden. It can also accompany a stated subject: Det förbjuds att använda mobiltelefon under lektionen. The construction is typical in formal or legal contexts, where passive voice emphasizes the prohibition itself rather than who enforces it.

Related forms include förbud (prohibition), förbjudet (forbidden), and förbjuda (to prohibit). The phrase är förbjudet används när the thing itself is described as prohibited, while förbud refers to the prohibition as a policy or rule. The passive förbjuds is primarily a present-tense construction, with past and future forms appearing as förbjuddes (was/were prohibited) and kommer att förbjudas (will be prohibited) respectively.

Usage notes: Förbjuds is most common in regulatory statements, public notices, signs, and legal text. In everyday speech, speakers often use the alternative construction Det är förbjudet att… or Får inte att… to express a prohibition more colloquially. In translation, förbjuds is rendered as "is prohibited" or "is forbidden."