berøves

Berøves is a Danish verb form that functions as the present passive of berøve, meaning to deprive. It indicates that someone or something is deprived of a right, benefit, or possession. The active counterpart is berøve (to deprive), and the past participle is berøvet. In Danish, berøves is used with the recipient of the action as the subject, often in formal or legal contexts.

The present passive berøves is typically employed in statements about rights or privileges being removed from individuals or groups. A common construction uses an agent phrase introduced by af: Rettighederne berøves af staten (Rights are deprived by the state). The verb inflects for number in the normal Danish way, appearing as berøves for both singular and plural subjects in the present tense.

Etymology and cognates: Berøves derives from the Danish verb berøve, and has cognates in other Scandinavian languages, such as Norwegian berøve and Swedish beröva. The root is tied to a Proto-Germanic heritage related to depriving, robbing, or removing.

Usage notes: Berøves is relatively formal and frequent in legal, political, and journalistic language. In everyday speech, speakers may use alternative constructions or the active voice with berøver (to deprive) when the subject performs the action. The noun berøvelse (deprivation) is related and commonly appears in similar contexts.

See also: berøve, berøvelse.