Frastødt

Frastødt is a Danish adjective and the past participle of the verb frastøde, meaning to repel or to reject. It describes something that has been pushed away by a force or by another agent, or that is socially or morally rejected. As a participle, frastødt can be used predicatively or attributively, for example in phrases like “det blev frastødt” (it was repelled) or “en frastødt partikel.”

In scientific language, frastødt commonly relates to repulsion between entities. In physics and chemistry contexts, the concept of frastødningskraft or frastødning describes how like charges or fields push objects apart. The term may appear in sentences such as a particle being frastødt af et felt (repelled by a field) or two magnetiske poler frastøder hinanden (repel each other). In Danish, more technical or formal discussions of repulsion often use related nouns such as frastødning or frastødningseffekter, while frastødt serves as the descriptive form.

In social contexts, frastødt can describe a person or group that is pushed away or rejected by others. For example, someone can feel frastødt from a community or organization, indicating social exclusion or shunning. In medical settings, the term is less common for describing organ rejection, where afstødning is typically used instead of frastødt.

Frastødt thus functions as a versatile term across domains, conveying that something has been repelled, rejected, or pushed away, whether by physical forces, social dynamics, or evaluative judgments. Its use is most straightforward in everyday Danish and in descriptive scientific writing.