Viktige

Viktige is the plural form of the Norwegian adjective viktig, meaning important or significant. It is used to describe plural nouns and appears in both of Norway’s standard written forms, Bokmål and Nynorsk.

In practice, viktige modifies nouns to express importance or relevance. Examples include viktige spørsmål (important questions) and viktige hendelser (significant events). The form can also be used predicatively after a linking verb, as in Disse spørsmålene er viktige (These questions are important), where viktige agrees with the plural subject.

Grammatically, viktige is part of the inflection pattern of the adjective viktig. The base form אחד viktig signals importance, while viktige indicates plurality or gender agreement with the noun it modifies. This pattern is a common feature of Norwegian adjective agreement in multi-noun phrases and in sentences that describe groups or sets of items.

Usage notes and context: viktige is a common word in journalism, academia, public discourse, and everyday language when discussing topics, events, or issues that carry significance. It functions as a neutral descriptor rather than a value judgment, depending on the surrounding context.

There is no widely recognized entity named Viktige in major encyclopedias. The term is primarily a grammatical form of a common Norwegian adjective and may occasionally appear as a proper name in rare or fictional contexts, but it is not established as a distinct place, organization, or person in standard reference works. See also: viktig, viktighet.