tillförs

Tillförs is the present passive form of the Swedish verb tillföra, meaning to provide, supply, or contribute. Grammatically, tillförs is used when the subject of the sentence receives the action; the agent performing the supplying is often omitted. The active counterpart is tillför, as in den näringsrika lösningen tillförs kroppen eller kroppen tillförs näring. The past passive form is tillfördes, and the past participle is tillförd.

Etymology and forms: tillföra is a compound verb formed from till- (“toward, to”) and föra (“to bring, to carry”). The noun related to the concept of supplying is tillförsel, meaning supply or delivery. In standard Swedish, tillförs is most common in formal, technical, or scientific registers, where precision about the direction of transfer is important.

Usage and contexts: Tillförs appears frequently in nutrition, medicine, biology, and economics to denote that something is being provided to a recipient. Examples include: “Näringsämnen tillförs kroppen,” meaning nutrients are supplied to the body; “Vätska tillförs patienten intravenöst,” meaning fluid is supplied to the patient intravenously; and “Resurser tillförs projektet” indicating resources are supplied to the project. The construction emphasizes the flow from an external source to a target.

See also: tillföra, tillförsel, substitution with related verbs like försörja and leverera, and contexts in which supply chains and biological transport are discussed. The term is a standard part of technical Swedish rather than everyday colloquial language.