klaget

Klaget is a verb form used in Norwegian and appears as a past participle in other Scandinavian languages, derived from the verb klage, meaning to complain or to file a complaint. In Norwegian Bokmål and Nynorsk, klaget is the preterite (past tense) of klage: for example, jeg klaget, du klaget, han klaget. It is also used in perfect tenses with auxiliary verbs, such as har klaget or hadde klaget.

The core meaning of klage is to express dissatisfaction about something or to objectionally point out a fault, with the aim of seeking redress or change. In administrative and legal contexts, the related noun klage denotes a formal complaint or appeal submitted to an authority, agency, or court; the definite form is klagen, meaning “the complaint.” The past tense form klaget therefore often appears in reports about who complained and when, e.g., Hun klaget til myndighetene i går.

In Danish and Swedish, related forms exist and function similarly. In Danish, the past participle klaget is used in perfect constructions with har klaget (has complained), while Swedish uses klagat as the corresponding participle (har klagat). The noun sense klage (the complaint) is common across these languages and carries similar legal and administrative usage.

See also: klage (noun), klagen (the complaint), klager (the person who complains). Note that while klaget functions as a verb form in Norwegian, the standard noun form for “the complaint” is klagen.