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.

Common usages

- 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 voice one would say förskjuter mötet eller förskjuter tidsplanen.

Relation to related terms

- The active form is förskjuta, and the noun form is förskjutning, which more often denotes a displacement or offset in a technical sense.

- In everyday language, skjuta upp is a common synonym for postponing, while flytta fram is another colloquial alternative.

- In geoscience and physics, the related term förskjutning (displacement or offset) is typically used rather than the passive förskjuts.

Etymology and usage notes

- Förskjuta combines för- (a prefix with various intensifying or directional senses) and skjuta (to push). The concept is to push something forward, whether in time or space. Förskjuts is most widely encountered in written Swedish and formal discourse, while its active and colloquial variants appear in everyday speech.