Udtrækkes

Udtrækkes is the Danish present passive form of the verb udtrække, meaning to pull out, extract, or withdraw. It denotes that something is being drawn from another substance or removed by action, and it can also be used in figurative senses such as drawing conclusions or extracting data. The word occurs in many contexts, including dentistry (a tooth is udtrækkes), mining and engineering (ore is udtrækkes from rock), and academic or technical writing when describing derived results.

Etymology: udtrække is formed from ud- (“out”) and trække (“to pull”).

Grammar: The present passive form udtrækkes corresponds to the active udtrækker in the present tense. The past participle is udtrukket, used with auxiliary verbs such as har or er (for example, har udtrukket or er udtrukket) to form perfect tenses. Danish often expresses past passive with periphrasis (blev udtrukket) rather than a distinct passive form.

See also: udtræk, a noun meaning extraction or pull-out, and udtrækning, the act or process of extracting.

This article aims to summarize the term's core meaning and usage without delving into specialized dialects.