Repasserer

Repasserer is a verb form used in Danish and Norwegian to mean “to pass again” or “to go past again.” The term can describe a second crossing of a boundary or route, as well as the act of revisiting something that has already been passed or completed. In practice, repassering can occur in travel, logistics, sports, and administrative contexts when a second pass or review is involved.

In Danish and Norwegian grammar, repassere is the infinitive, with repasserer as the present tense for third-person singular and plural subjects (and analogous forms for other subjects). The past tense is typically repasserte, and the supine or past participle form is repassert (depending on dialect). The precise spelling and inflection can vary between Danish and Norwegian variants and over time, but the core concept remains “to pass again.”

Usage notes and examples are context-dependent. In travel or logistics, repasserer a checkpoint might mean to pass through a security or customs point a second time due to re-routing. In sports or games, repassering can describe a second pass of the ball to a previous receiver. In documentation or regulation, it can refer to re-checking or re-evaluating a previously approved item or procedure.

Etymology traces repassere to the prefix re- meaning “again” combined with passere/passere, related to the common root pass/passere in Germanic languages and cognate with the idea of passing or crossing.

See also: passere, repass, recheck, review.