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
- Utgjør is often found with numerical expressions or percentages: e.g., Andelen utgjør 25 prosent av befolkningen
- It can also describe the composition of a group or total: Denne gruppen utgjør ti personer (This
- The phrase Totalt utgjør salget 150 millioner kroner illustrates summation or total value described as the
Utgjøre derives from the prefix ut- (outward, forth) combined with gjøre (to do, to make), giving the
Relation to related expressions
- Utgjør is closely related to but not interchangeable with bestå av, which more directly means “consists
- Statistikker og rapportering (statistics and reporting)
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