Hældes

Hældes is the Danish verb form used as the present passive of at hælde, meaning to pour. It indicates that the liquid or substance is being poured by an unspecified agent. The form is used in passive constructions, for example in Det hældes i glasset (It is poured into the glass) or Væsken hældes langsomt over i beholderen (The liquid is slowly poured into the container). In everyday Danish, the passive is common in instructions, recipes, and descriptive prose.

Morphology and usage: The infinitive is hælde; the present passive form is hældes. The simple past is hældte, and the past participle is hældt, which is used in perfect tenses (har hældt, var hældt) and in passive perfect constructions (det er hældt, det var hældt). Hældes can function in impersonal or generalized statements where the actor performing the pouring is unknown or irrelevant.

Derived and related forms: The active counterpart is hælde (to pour). In related Scandinavian languages, cognate verbs convey a similar meaning, reflecting the shared Germanic roots of pouring actions. The noun form related to pouring, though not derived directly from hældes, appears in terms describing tilting or slope, such as hældning, meaning tilt or gradient, but this is etymologically distinct from the verb form discussed here.

See also: hælde, hældt, hældte. Hældes is primarily used in Danish prose to describe the act of pouring in a passive voice, emphasizing the action over the agent.