Oppdages

Oppdages is the present passive form of the Norwegian verb oppdage, which means to discover or to detect. In use, oppdages describes a situation where something is found or revealed by someone or something else. The term occurs across fields such as science, journalism, technology, and everyday speech.

Etymology: The verb oppdage comes from Danish opdage and the Swedish upptäcka, sharing a Proto-Germanic origin with other “discover” verbs in Scandinavian languages. The prefix opp-, up-, or opp- is related to bringing something to light or making it known.

Conjugation and grammar: The infinitive is oppdage; the present active is oppdager; the past tense is oppdaget; the present perfect is har oppdaget. The present passive is oppdages, and the past passive is ble oppdaget. The imperative form is oppdag. The noun form for the act is oppdagelse.

Usage and examples: Active: Forskeren oppdager en ny art. (The researcher discovers a new species.) Passive: En ny art oppdages av forskeren. (A new species is discovered by the researcher.) Another example: Feilen ble oppdaget av systemanalytikeren. (The fault was discovered by the systems analyst.)

See also: oppdagelse (the noun meaning discovery or detection), upptäcka (Swedish cognate), opdage (Danish cognate). Notes: Oppdage and its derivatives are common in Bokmål Norwegian and are used in formal, scientific, and journalistic contexts to describe the act or result of discovery.