anropa

Anropa is a Swedish verb meaning to call in, summon, or invoke. It is used to request assistance or to initiate contact with a person, organization, or service, such as calling the police or an ambulance, as well as to start a function or process in computing and other technical contexts.

Etymology and form: The verb derives from a prefix-like element an- combined with ropa (to cry out or shout), yielding a sense of directing a call toward someone or something. In modern Swedish it is a regular transitive verb. Common conjugations include infinitive anropa, present anropar, past tense anropade, and supine anropat. In passive form, you may see anropas or anropades in sentences like “Polisen blev anropad” (the police were called).

Usage contexts: In everyday language, anropa is used for practical requests for help or contact, for example, “Hon anropade polisen” (She called the police). In emergency or military language, phrases such as “anropa förstärkningar” (call in reinforcements) are common. In computing and software engineering, the term is used to describe the action of invoking or calling a function or method, as in “anropa en funktion.”

See also: Anrop (a call or summons), anropa polisen, anropa ambulansen. The term is primarily a linguistic and technical verb in Swedish and is not commonly used as a proper noun or place name.