Forskyves

Forskyves is a Norwegian verb form, commonly described as the present passive of the verb forskyve. It is used to indicate that something is postponed, delayed, or shifted to a later time, or moved to another position. The construction operates in similar ways across Norwegian Bokmål and Nynorsk, where the passive voice is used to focus on the action affecting the subject rather than who performs it.

Etymology and form: forskyve is built from the root skyve, meaning to push, with the prefix for-, giving a sense of moving forward or delaying. Forskyves, as the present passive, appears in sentences when the subject of the sentence is the thing being postponed or moved.

Usage: Forskyves is common in formal and neutral writing, including news, schedules, and official communications. It describes events or objects whose timing or position has been altered by some external effect. For example, “Møtet forskyves til neste uke” describes a meeting that is postponed to the following week.

Related terms: Forskyve is related to skyve (to push) and to the concept of forskyvning (displacement or rescheduling). In English, forskyves is most closely aligned with “is postponed” or “is moved forward.”

Notes: Because forskyves is a grammatical form, its meaning depends on context. While it can refer to time postponement, it can also describe physical shifting of an object when the action is presented passively.