deklarerer

Deklarerer is the present tense form of the Norwegian verb å deklarere, meaning to make a formal or official declaration, to state something publicly, or to identify or classify something for administrative purposes. The term is used in legal, administrative, commercial, and technical contexts, and often implies a formal act rather than a casual assertion. Common contexts include declaring goods for customs, declaring income or taxes, or declaring a status or property. In computing, deklarere is used to describe declaring variables, types, or functions in a program.

Etymology: the verb comes from Latin declarare, via French déclarer, and has cognates in other Scandinavian languages and English (declare). In Norwegian, the infinitive is deklarere, the present form deklarerer, the past tense deklarerte, and the past participle deklarert.

Usage examples: In customs, reisende må deklarere varer ved tollklarering. In policy or government, officials may deklarere sin intensjon om å forbedre noe. In programming, developers declare variables: “Variabelen deklareres som heltall.” In everyday language, people declare their support or affiliation: “Partiet deklarerte sin støtte til planen.” Note that deklarere is somewhat more formal than synonyms like erklære; erklære is often used for formal statements of policy or intent, while deklarere emphasizes the act of making information explicit for regulatory or technical reasons.

See also: deklarasjon (declaration), deklarering (the act of declaring), deklarere (infinitive).