Tillskrivs

Tillskrivs is a Swedish verb meaning to attribute or ascribe something to someone or something. It is used when indicating that a fact, action, responsibility, or quotation originates with a particular person or source, rather than with the subject it concerns. Tillskrivs is the present tense, passive voice form of tillskriva; the active form is tillskriver (he attributes).

In everyday language, you can encounter statements such as “Gärningen tillskrivs honom” (the deed is attributed to him) or “Citatet tillskrivs författaren” (the quotation is attributed to the author). In more formal contexts, such as law or historiography, tillskrivning is used to determine or discuss who bears responsibility, authorship, or source of information. The attribution may be accepted, contested, or revised as new evidence emerges.

Etymology and grammar: tillskrivs derives from tillskriva, which combines till (toward/to) and skriva (to write). Historically, the concept of tillskrivning involved writing a name or claim next to a statement, thereby assigning it to someone. The related noun is tillskrivning; the past participle is tillskriven, and the simple past is tillskrev.

See also: attributera, attribution, tillskrivning, tillskriven. In linguistic and legal usage, tillskrivning is the explicit act of assigning a property, action, or source to a person or entity.