foreslått

Foreslått is the past participle form of the Norwegian verb foreslå, meaning to propose or to suggest. Used as an adjective, it translates as "proposed" or "suggested" and describes something that has been put forward or recommended. The form is commonly found in both Bokmål and Nynorsk, and is used in various formal and everyday contexts.

As an adjective, foreslått typically modifies a noun to indicate that the noun represents a proposal or suggestion. Examples include foreslått løsning (a proposed solution) or foreslått budsjett (a proposed budget). It can also appear in phrases that denote a proposal that has been made, such as et foreslått forslag (a proposed proposal). In predicative constructions, foreslått appears with auxiliary verbs to express completed actions, for example, Forslaget er foreslått (the proposal has been proposed) or Forslaget ble foreslått av komiteen (the proposal was proposed by the committee).

In practice, foreslått is common in government documents, policy discussions, and committee reports, where references to previously made proposals are frequent. The word behaves like a typical past participle, and in attributive use it generally remains in the form foreslått when used with singular nouns, while plural forms occur with plural nouns (foreslåtte forslag).

Etymology notes: foreslått derives from the verb foreslå, with the common Norwegian past participle ending -tt. It is a cognate of similar forms in other Scandinavian languages, such as Danish and Swedish, where the equivalent word is föreslagen in Swedish or foreslået in Danish.

See also: foreslå.