förskjutit

Förskjutit is the past participle (supine) of the Swedish verb förskjuta. The verb means to move something forward in time or space, most commonly to postpone or reschedule an event to a later date, but it can also refer to displacing something forward.

Usage: The term appears in formal, bureaucratic, or logistical contexts, such as scheduling, contracts, or planning. It conveys a sense of intentional adjustment of timing. In everyday language, speakers more often use skjuta upp to express postponement; förskjuta can carry a formal nuance and, in some contexts, a more neutral or technical tone.

Forms: As a participle, förskjutit is used in perfect and passive-like constructions and as an adjective describing a postponed or shifted item, e.g., ett förskjutit datum.

Etymology: The word is formed from för- (a prefix meaning 'forward' or 'before'), and skjuta ('to push'). It belongs to the Nordic Germanic language family and has parallels in other Scandinavian languages.