forvente

Forvente is a verb found in Norwegian and Danish meaning to expect, anticipate, or look forward to something. It is used to express that one believes a future event will occur or to foresee a particular outcome. The related noun is forventning, which denotes an expectation. The term also appears in formal contexts such as forecasts, projections, and, in mathematics, the concept of an expected value (forventet verdi) in statistics.

Grammatical notes differ by language. In Danish, the infinitive is forvente and the verb is conjugated in present, past, and perfect tenses according to standard Danish verb patterns. In Norwegian, the verb is used in Bokmål and Nynorsk with forms that align with ordinary Norwegian conjugation rules. The word is common in everyday speech as well as in journalism, business communication, and academic writing.

Related forms include forventning (expectation), forventet (expected), and forventer/forventer (present tense forms in the two main Norwegian varieties). The term also appears in phrases describing forecasts or anticipated outcomes, and in philosophical or psychological discussions of expectancy and anticipation.