utsätts

Utsätts is the present passive form of the Swedish verb utsätta, meaning to subject someone or something to a condition, influence, or experience. It is commonly used to indicate that a person, group, or object endures exposure to something negative or challenging, such as risk, stress, or danger.

In usage, utsätts appears in sentences like "Hon utsätts för höga krav" (She is subjected to high demands) or "Fordonet utsätts för väderpåfrestningar" (The vehicle is exposed to weather stresses). The active form is utsätter; the past passive form is utsatts. Infinitive is utsätta. Related noun forms include utsättning (the act of exposing) and utsatthet (exposure or vulnerability).

Etymology and related forms: utsätta is built from ut- (out, outward) combined with sätta (to put, to place), a construction with deep roots in the Swedish language and related Germanic languages. Over time, utsätta has come to cover both physical exposure and more abstract experiences, such as testing or risk.

Grammatical notes: utsätts is used for indefinite or definite subjects in the present tense passive voice. It frequently collocates with prepositions such as för (for) to specify what is being faced, e.g., utsätts för faror, utsätts för kritik. In formal writing, underline the agent when needed by using a passive construction or an agentive clause.

See also: exponering, exponeras, utsatta grupper, utsättning, utsatthet.