udgjorde

Udgjorde is the past tense form of the Danish verb udgøre, meaning to constitute, form, comprise, or make up. It is used to describe what portion of a whole a part represents, often with numbers, shares, or groups. For example, "Det udgjorde 30 procent af befolkningen" means "It constituted thirty percent of the population." The verb can describe the makeup of teams, regions, or datasets.

Etymology: udgøre derives from the prefix ud- (out, outward) combined with gøre (to do, to make), yielding the sense of "to make up" or "to constitute."

Grammar and usage: udgøre is a transitive verb that typically takes a numerical or proportional complement and a dependent noun phrase indicating the whole (often with af). In the present tense, the form is udgør; in the past tense, udgjorde; the past participle is udgjort. The past participle may appear in adjectival phrases, e.g., "en udgjort del af befolkningen," though the finite clause form is more common in standard prose.

Examples:

- Denne gruppe udgjorde majoriteten af befolkningen.

- Andelen af tilhængere udgjorde omkring en tredjedel af det samlede antal.

Synonyms and related terms include omfatte (to comprise) and udgøre itself as a standard formal verb, frequently used in statistical or descriptive writing.