förskjuts
Förskjuts is the present passive form of the Swedish verb förskjuta. The base meaning is to move something forward or to postpone it to a later time. The term is used both for shifting an object’s position and for delaying plans, deadlines, or events. In formal or administrative language, förskjuts often signals that a schedule or arrangement has been changed, while in everyday speech speakers frequently use skjuta upp or flytta fram.
- Time: the meeting förskjuts to next week, meaning it has been postponed.
- Planning and logistics: a deadline or project phase kan förskjuts to accommodate new conditions. In active
- The active form is förskjuta, and the noun form is förskjutning, which more often denotes a displacement
- In everyday language, skjuta upp is a common synonym for postponing, while flytta fram is another
- In geoscience and physics, the related term förskjutning (displacement or offset) is typically used rather than
- Förskjuta combines för- (a prefix with various intensifying or directional senses) and skjuta (to push). The