pålægges

Pålægges is the present passive form of the Norwegian verb å pålegge, meaning to impose or lay upon someone a duty, obligation, prohibition, or directive by an authority. In use, it typically denotes an obligation that is legally or administratively required.

In practice, pålegges appears in formal or regulatory contexts. The agent (the imposing body) is often implicit, while the recipient is the subject of the obligation. The corresponding active form is myndighetene pålegger … (the authorities impose …). The term is common in legal, governmental, and administrative language.

Etymology and related forms: the verb å pålegge derives from påleggc (“on” + legg(e) “to lay”) and conveys the sense of laying a duty on someone. The noun pålegg refers to an order or directive, and in everyday Norwegian also means a topping or spread on bread. The related participles include pålagt (obliged, mandated) and the noun påleggelse (the act of imposing an obligation or directive).

Examples: Styret pålegges å fremskaffe regnskapsdokumenter. Et pålegg om å betale bot pålegges den siktede. Myndighetene pålegger bedriften å stenge midlertidig. These illustrate the typical passive construction where an authority imposes an obligation on a recipient.

See also: pålegg, pålegge (verb), pålagt, påleggelse.