begärs

Begärs is the present passive form of the Swedish verb begära, meaning to request or to demand. In formal and official writing it indicates that something is being requested, without specifying who makes the request. The construction is common in administrative, legal, and governmental contexts.

Usage and nuance: Begärs conveys formality and neutrality. It is used in notices, court documents, procurement texts, and information requests. It differs from begär (active) which assigns the subject who makes the request, and from krävs or krävas, which often express a requirement or obligation rather than a request. After all, begärs focuses on the act of requesting itself rather than on a duty to comply.

Grammar and forms: Begärs is the present passive of begära. The past passive is begärdes, for example, “Uppgiften begärdes.” The perfect passive uses the supine of the participle, as in “Uppgiften har begärts.” The agent can be introduced with a preposition phrase, e.g., “Dokument begärs av myndigheten.”

Examples:

- Ytterligare uppgifter begärs. (Additional information is requested.)

- Dokument begärs av myndigheten. (Documents are requested by the authority.)

- Föremålet begärdes tillbaka. (The item was requested back.)

- Uppgiften har begärts tillbaka. (The information has been requested back.)

See also: begära, efterfråga, kräva, passiv konjugation i svenskan.