Sveipet

Sveipet is a Norwegian term used primarily in digital technology to refer to the action of swiping with a finger or stylus across a touch-sensitive surface. It is the past tense and past participle form of the loanword sveipe, which is borrowed from the English verb swipe. The adoption of sveipe and its inflection reflects the integration of touchscreen interfaces into everyday language. In usage, sveipet typically describes completed swipe actions, such as dismissing a notification, navigating a gallery, or unlocking a device.

The term appears across technology journalism, user manuals, and social media in Norwegian-speaking communities. It is part of a broader set of UI-related verbs in Norwegian that describe gesture-based interactions with smartphones, tablets, and touchpads. While its core meaning is linked to digital gestures, sveipet can appear in metaphorical contexts to describe rapid sweeping movements or mass screenings in non-digital settings, though this usage is rarer.

Linguistic notes: Sveipe is a loanword, and its verb formation follows Norwegian patterns for loan verbs ending in -pe, with sveipet serving as the standard past tense/past participle form. Colloquial speech may also use the present tense form sveiper for ongoing actions.

See also: Swipe (user interface), Gesture (human-computer interaction), Norwegian language.