forskes

Forskes is a present passive verb form found in Norwegian and Danish, derived from the verb forske, meaning to research or to investigate. The form translates to is researched or is being researched in English. It is used to describe actions where the subject is the recipient of research rather than the agent performing it. The agent, if specified, is often introduced with a prepositional phrase such as av (Norwegian) or af (Danish). For example, in Norwegian: Spørsmålet forskes av et internasjonalt team, meaning the question is being researched by an international team. In academic and scientific writing, forskes is common for reporting ongoing research activities without naming researchers.

The related active form is forsker, meaning researcher, with forskere as the plural. The noun forskning denotes the act or field of research. Forskes is part of the broader passive voice construction in these languages, and its spelling is cognate across Norwegian and Danish. In practice, the same form may appear in formal texts, journal articles, and reports when the focus is on the process of researching rather than on who is conducting it.

Notes on usage include the following: the passive form can vary by style guide, and some writers prefer active constructions or alternatives such as forskningen viser (the research shows) to avoid the passive in certain contexts. Forskes thus functions as a grammatical tool to frame ongoing inquiry from the perspective of its subject being studied. See also forske, forsker, forskning.