Fortsättande

Fortsättande is a Swedish term used as both a noun and the present participle of the verb fortsätta, meaning to continue. As a noun, fortsättande denotes the act or process of continuing, and it is closely related to the noun fortsättning (continuation) but emphasizes ongoingness rather than the result. The word is formed with the present participle suffix -ande, a common way to derive adjectives and verbal nouns from verbs.

In grammar, fortsättande is the presensparticip (present participle) form and can function as an adjective, either attributively or predicatively: ett fortsättande arbete (an ongoing/continuing work) or arbetet är fortsättande (the work is ongoing). In many contexts, especially formal writing, it also operates as a nominalized form that denotes the process of continuing. The broader noun for a continuation is fortsättning.

Usage notes: fortsättande is common in policy, legal, and research language to describe ongoing processes, developments, or threats, whereas fortsättning is widely used in everyday language and journalism when referring to the outcome or a subsequent part. The two terms are not always interchangeable; fortsättande places emphasis on progression and duration.

Examples:

- Fortsättande forskning visar liknande resultat.

- Det fortsättande arbetet kräver ytterligare finansiering.

Etymology: fortsättande comes from the verb fortsätta plus the suffix -ande, mirroring how many Swedish present participles are formed to create adjectives and verbal nouns.