Utgjør

Utgjør is the present tense form of the Norwegian verb utgjøre, meaning to constitute, to form, or to make up a part of a whole, and to account for a share of something. The verb is transitive and typically takes a noun phrase representing the component or a numeral/percentage indicating the portion. It is commonly used in formal writing, statistics, journalism, and reports to express how much of a total a part represents.

Conjugation and forms include: infinitive å utgjøre; present utgjør; past tense utgjorde; perfect participle utgjort; present participle utgjørende. The form utgjør is used for present-tense statements about a current share or composition.

Usage notes

- Utgjør is often found with numerical expressions or percentages: e.g., Andelen utgjør 25 prosent av befolkningen (The share accounts for 25 percent of the population).

- It can also describe the composition of a group or total: Denne gruppen utgjør ti personer (This group consists of ten people).

- The phrase Totalt utgjør salget 150 millioner kroner illustrates summation or total value described as the amount that the total reaches.

Etymology

Utgjøre derives from the prefix ut- (outward, forth) combined with gjøre (to do, to make), giving the sense of forming or making up something from components.

Relation to related expressions

- Utgjør is closely related to but not interchangeable with bestå av, which more directly means “consists of.” Utgjøre emphasizes the act of forming or constituting a part of a whole, often in a quantitative sense.

See also

- Bestå av (to consist of)

- Prosent (percent)

- Statistikker og rapportering (statistics and reporting)

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