forringes

Forringes is a verb used in Danish and Norwegian to denote that something is diminishing, deteriorating, or being impaired. It can apply to quality, performance, values, or conditions, and is common in both everyday speech and formal discourse. The sense is that a decline is occurring or likely, rather than a single, isolated change.

Grammatical notes: The infinitive is forringe. The present tense form for active subjects is forringer, while forringes is the present tense form used in passive constructions or impersonal statements. The past participle is forringet, used in perfect tenses (for example, "har forringet"). The noun form is forringelse, meaning deterioration or impairment. Example sentences include "Kvaliteten forringes over tid" (The quality deteriorates over time) and "Forringelsen av miljøet er en bekymring" (The deterioration of the environment is a concern).

Contexts and usage: Forringes is used across domains such as economy, production, health, and the environment to describe a decline in effectiveness, value, or condition. It often appears in policy, business reporting, and technical writing to indicate that adverse factors are causing ongoing degradation. The related noun forringelse and the related verb forringe are standard components of the same semantic field, linking the idea of decline to various phenomena.

See also: forringelse, forringe, forverre.