forårsaket

Forårsaket is a Norwegian Bokmål past participle of the verb forårsake, meaning “caused.” It is used in passive constructions and as an adjective, and it forms phrases such as forårsaket av with av meaning “by,” to indicate the source of a cause.

In Norwegian, the form forårsaket is used with auxiliary verbs to express various tenses, for example: Dette var forårsaket av en feil (This was caused by an error) or Dette er forårsaket av en feil (This is caused by an error). The construction forårsaket av … is common for specifying the responsible factor behind an outcome.

The word has a cognate in Danish, where the corresponding past participle is forårsaget. While Danish and Norwegian share a common Germanic heritage, their standard spellings differ in the final consonant: Danish uses -aget (forårsaget) and Norwegian uses -aket (forårsaket). The root combines for- (a prefix) with årsake/årsak, derived from the idea of a reason or cause, and traces back to Old Norse and related Germanic forms.

Usage notes: as a participle, forårsaket functions similarly to adjectives in describing events or conditions that were brought about by a preceding factor. It is typically not used as a finite verb on its own; rather, it appears with a form of the verb er/var/har to express tense or with av for the agent of causation.

See also: forårsake, årsak, årsakssammenheng.