kræves

Kræves is the present passive form of the Danish verb kræve, meaning to demand or to require. It is used to express that something is necessary or required, without naming who imposes the requirement. The form is impersonal and common in formal language, regulations, and application texts. In practice, der kræves or det kræves introduces the thing that is required, and the agent is often left unspecified.

Common patterns include, for example:

Der kræves to identitetsdokumenter for at gennemføre ansøgningen.

Det kræves en underskrift for at kunne fortsætte.

Det kræves, at man møder op til mødet.

I nogle tilfælde kræves der yderligere dokumenter.

The word emphasizes a condition that must be met rather than an action performed by a particular agent, and it agrees in number with the thing that is required. Kræves is used primarily in contexts where a rule, guideline, or procedure states what is necessary, rather than who must do something. It contrasts with kræve in the active voice, where the subject performs the demanding or requiring action. In everyday speech, the passive form kræs may appear less frequently outside formal writing, but in official texts it remains a standard way to denote requirements.