Udgjør

Udgjør is a Norwegian verb meaning to constitute, to make up, to account for, or to amount to. It is used to describe the composition or total of a group or quantity, often in statistical, economic, or official contexts. In modern Bokmål the standard present tense is utgjør; udgjør appears mainly as a historical or dialectal variant.

The verb is commonly used with numbers or categories to indicate what portion or share they represent. For example, Dette utgjør 40 prosent av befolkningen means that the 40 percent represents the portion of the population. In some texts, especially older ones or in dialects, the variant Dette udgjør may be found. The meaning is the same, but the preferred spelling in contemporary Bokmål is utgjør.

Etymology traces udgjøre closely to Old Norse utgjöra and cognates in other Scandinavian languages, such as Danish udgøre, all related to the idea of making up or forming a total. The word forms the semantic core of phrases that quantify a part in relation to a whole. In Norwegian, the standard form for the present tense is utgjør; historical spellings or dialectal usage may show udgjør.

Grammar notes: udgjøre utgjør is a regular to somewhat irregular verb in its conjugation. The past tense is utgjorde, and the supine/participial form is utgjort. In practice, most contemporary writing uses utgjør in the present tense, with udgjør appearing primarily for older texts or dialectal emphasis.