Tilskyndt

Tilskyndt is a Danish term that functions as the past participle of the verb tilskynde. It means to urge, encourage or prompt someone to do something. In use, tilskyndt describes a person or action that has been urged or prompted by another party. The form is common in formal, administrative, and legal Danish, and it frequently appears in constructions such as tilskyndt til at gøre noget or tilskyndt af en myndighed.

In everyday and official language, tilskynde is used with actions people are encouraged to undertake. Examples include medical, civic or policy contexts: for example, Lægen tilskyndte patienten til at få foretaget yderligere undersøgelser (The doctor urged the patient to undergo further testing) and Myndighederne tilskyndte borgerne til at deltage i afstemningen (The authorities urged citizens to participate in the vote). The phrase tilskyndt til at … is a common syntactic pattern.

Etymology and morphology: tilskyndt derives from til- meaning “to” and skynde, meaning “to hasten” or “to hurry.” The word belongs to a family of related forms, including tilskynde (present), tilskyndelse (the act of urging or encouragement), and tilskyndende (present participle). Cognates appear in other Scandinavian languages, reflecting shared roots in the meaning of urging or prompting.

Overall, tilskyndt is a formal, precise way to describe action that has been encouraged or prompted by someone else, and it remains most prevalent in written Danish, particularly in administrative or legal contexts.