fungerte

Fungerte is the simple past tense form of the Norwegian verb fungere, meaning to function or to work. It is used to describe that something operated or performed as intended during a past period. The infinitive is fungere; present tense is fungerer; the past participle is fungert, and the simple past tense form is fungerte. For example: Maskinen fungerte bra i går (The machine functioned well yesterday).

Usage and scope: Fungerte is commonly used for machines, systems, processes, plans, and procedures to indicate they worked as expected in the past. It can be used in technical, mechanical, and everyday contexts, as well as in metaphorical senses such as describing whether a plan or routine functioned smoothly.

Grammatical notes: Norwegian verbs in this family follow a predictable pattern. Fungere is a regular verb; fungerte is the standard past tense form, and fungert is the past participle used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses (har fungert = has functioned). The word is primarily used in Norwegian Bokmål; its Danish and Swedish cognates have similar meanings but different conjugation forms (for example, Danish fungerer/fungerede, Swedish fungerar/fungerade).

Etymology: Fungere traces to the Latin verb fungere, meaning to perform or discharge a function. This root has produced related terms in several Romance and Germanic languages and is the source of the English word function as well as related forms in Scandinavian languages.

See also: Function, Operation, Mechanical reliability, Language conjugation.