tilføjer

Tilføjer is the present tense form of the Danish verb tilføje, meaning to add, append, or incorporate. It is used to describe the action of adding something to another thing, and can refer to both concrete and abstract additions. The form tilføjer is used for all persons in the present tense (jeg tilføjer, du tilføjer, han/hun tilføjer, osv.).

Common usages span everyday language and technical contexts. In everyday speech you might say, for example, at someone tilføjer en kommentar eller en ny funktion til en samtale eller et program. In computing and data handling, tilføjer is often used when an element is appended to a list, array, eller dataset. In mathematics or bookkeeping can tilføje numbers or totals.

Infinitive and related forms include at tilføje (to add). The past tense is tilføjede, and the perfect form is har tilføjet, as in "jeg har tilføjet en ny kolonne." The present passive form is tilføjes, as in "en ny funktion tilføjes automatisk." The noun form tilføjelse denotes an addition or an appendage.

Etymology frames tilføje as a compound of the prefix til- (toward, to) and føje (to add, to bring). This creates a general sense of bringing something to or adding it to something else. In some contexts, especially older or more formal Danish, related verbs such as tilføre exist with subtle distinctions, but tilføje remains the common term for adding.

See also: tilføjelse, tilføje, addition, append.