tillkomma
Swedish
Etymology
Verb
tillkomma (present tillkommer, preterite tillkom, supine tillkommit, imperative tillkom)
- to come about (come into existence, often through work)
- Synonym: komma till
- tillkomme Ditt rike
- Thy kingdom come (Lord's Prayer)
- Deras berömda kebabsås tillkom 2010
- Their famous kebab sauce was created in 2010
- to appear as an addition
- Synonym: komma till
- to be a recognized obligation or right of (someone)
- Det tillkommer kocken att se till att kebabsåsen är tillräckligt krämig
- It is up to the chef to ensure that the kebab sauce is sufficiently creamy
- to (ought to) be given to, to be due
- Äran/ansvaret tillkommer honom
- The credit/responsibility is his / is due him
Usage notes
- the prayer's form tillkomme is the subjunctive
- 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 recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tillkomma | — | ||
| supine | tillkommit | — | ||
| imperative | tillkom | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tillkommen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tillkommer | tillkom | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | tillkomma | tillkommo | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | tillkomme | tillkomme | — | — |
| present participle | tillkommande | |||
| past participle | tillkommen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.