kringgås

Kringgås is a verb form used in Norwegian and Swedish to express the action of circumventing or going around something, such as a rule, a regulation, a system, or a constraint. The active infinitive is kringgå, while kringgås is used in the present tense when the subject is affected or when the action is described in the passive voice. The verb is built from kring meaning “around” and gå meaning “to go.”

In usage, kringgås appears in discussions about law, administration, technology, and everyday life whenever a constraint is avoided or bypassed. It is common to speak of attempting to kringgå regler, kringgå lagen, or kringgå a technical safeguard. The term conveys both the idea of finding a loophole and the notion that the constraint is not inherently eroded, but temporarily bypassed.

Ethical and legal considerations surround kringgå. Depending on context and jurisdiction, circumventing rules or protections can be illegal or subject to penalties, particularly in areas such as taxation, security, or digital rights management. In discourse, kringgå is often debated in terms of legitimate exceptions, proportionality, and whether a given circumventing action undermines public interest or individual rights.

See also: bypass, evade, loophole.