tilfører

Tilfører is a noun used in Norwegian (and Danish) to denote a person or thing that provides, furnishes, or introduces something into a system. It derives from the verb tilføre, meaning to add or supply to something else. As an agent noun, tilfører refers to the doer of the supplying action; the plural form is tilførere.

In everyday Norwegian, tilfører appears mainly in formal or technical contexts. It can refer to a person who contributes resources or information to a project (a tilfører av kapital), or to a component or role that introduces a substance into a process. The term is often combined with qualifying phrases such as "tilførsel av energi" (supply of energy), "tilførsel av næringsstoffer" (supply of nutrients), or "tilført dose" or "tilørerdose" (delivered dose).

In technical and scientific language, tilfører can denote a device, system, or function that delivers a substance or energy to a target. Examples include a chemical tilfører that adds a reagent to a reaction, or a medical tilfører that administers drugs or nutrients to a patient. In medicine, infusion or dosing equipment may be described in terms of tilførere in some technical texts.

In Danish, tilfører has a similar meaning as an agent noun formed from tilføre, used in formal or technical contexts to denote a provider, contributor, or device that supplies something to a system.

See also: tilførsel (supply, inflow), tilføje (to add; related verb form).