overtaget

Overtaget is a Danish term meaning taken over, used as the past participle of the verb overtage. In business language it commonly describes a company, asset, or subsidiary that has been acquired through a takeover or merger. As an adjective or noun phrase, it appears in expressions such as det overtagne selskab (the acquired company) or et overtaget aktieselskab, and it can function either attributively or predicatively. The form is frequently encountered in financial reporting and press coverage of corporate transactions, where it helps distinguish entities that have changed ownership.

Etymology and usage: overtage combines the prefix over- with tage, meaning to take, so overtage yields the sense of taking over. The past participle overtaget (in definite form) or related inflected forms are used to indicate the status of an entity after acquisition. In practice, overtaget tends to be tied to the context of business deals, due diligence, governance changes, and integration efforts following an acquisition.

Relation to related terms: overtaget is closely linked to overtagelse (the act of taking over or acquiring) and to broader concepts in corporate finance such as mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring. It may also appear alongside terms describing post-acquisition integration and governance realignment.

See also: acquisition, takeover, merger, overtagelse. Note that overtaget is primarily a Danish-language term used within specific professional and media contexts to denote the property or entity that has been acquired. In English translations, it is typically rendered as "the acquired" or "the taken-over," depending on the sentence.