Påpegede

Påpegede is a Danish verb form meaning “pointed out” or “indicated.” It is the simple past tense (datid) of the verb påpege, which means to point out, indicate, or draw attention to something. The form signals that someone identified an issue or fact in the past. In Danish, the present tense is påpeger, and the past participle is påpeget, used with have/has in compound tenses (har påpeget).

The construction is typically transitive, taking a direct object such as a fault, detail, or observation. Example: Han påpegede fejlen i rapporten. This translates as “He pointed out the error in the report.” The prefix på- with pege reflects the sense of directing attention toward something.

In comparison, Norwegian Bokmål uses å påpeke as the cognate verb, but its standard past tense is påpekte (or the perfect har påpeket). The form påpegede is not standard in modern Norwegian; it may appear in Danish-influenced Norwegian texts or older sources.

Etymology and morphology: the verb is built from the root pege (to point) with the prefixed element på-, giving the sense of directing attention to something. Spelling and conjugation align with Danish orthographic patterns for regular verbs ending in -e in the infinitive.

Related terms include påpeke (to point out), påpeger (present tense), påpeget (past participle), and the Norwegian equivalents fordi onto the broader family of verbs meaning to indicate or identify.