angiver

Angiver is a Danish noun derived from the verb angive, which means to indicate, specify or state. In contemporary Danish, an angiver is a person or entity that provides information or identifies something in a document, form, or communication. The term foregrounds the role of the source of information rather than the content itself.

In administrative and legal language, angiver may refer to the declarant or informant—the party that supplies facts to authorities. The phrase angivelse denotes the act or result of indicating or reporting, such as a statement, indication, or data field. In many forms, an angiver label marks the field where data must be supplied by the user or another party.

Beyond law and forms, angiver is used in computing and data exchange to identify the source of information, e.g., a data angiver or data provider. In everyday speech, however, the verb angive is more common for the act of stating something, while angiver as a noun is largely confined to formal or technical contexts.

See also: angivelse, angive, informant, declarant, data provider.