angå
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German angan or German angehen. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål angå, Danish angå and Dutch aangaan. Equivalent to an- + gå.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oː
Verb
angå
- to be of concern to; be of one's business
- Vad jag har i min garderob angår ingen annan!
- What I have in my closet is nobody's business!
- Vad jag har i min garderob angår ingen annan!
Usage notes
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden.
- the separated verb gå an has a quite different meaning
Conjugation
References
- angå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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