Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

iaktta (present tense iakttar; past tense iakttok; past participle iakttatt)

1. to watch, to observe
2. to observe; to follow a custom or an order

Related terms

• iakttagelse
• iakttager

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

iaktta

1. to watch, to observe
2. to observe; to follow a custom or an order

Conjugation

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.

Alternative forms

• iakttaga

Related terms

• iakttagelse