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Det är skrämmande att följa utvecklingen under krisen.

Det är skrämmande att följa utvecklingen under krisen.
It is frightening to follow the development during the crisis.
From Lesson 238:Continuous change (allt + comparative)·Swedish

Questions & Answers about Det är skrämmande att följa utvecklingen under krisen.

Why does skrämmande end in -ande?
It is the present participle of the verb att skrämma (to frighten). In Swedish, verbs can be turned into adjectives that describe what something is actively doing by adding -ande or -ende. Here, it means frightening. A great bonus for learners is that these participle adjectives never change their form to match gender or plurals!
How could I apply this lesson's grammar to say the situation is getting 'more and more frightening'?
To express a progressive continuous change, you use allt followed by the comparative form of the adjective. Because skrämmande is a long participle, it forms its comparative with mer rather than an ending. To say 'It is getting more and more frightening', you would say Det blir allt mer skrämmande.
Doesn't the word under just mean 'under' or 'beneath'?
It does mean underneath when you are talking about physical locations. However, when under is paired with an event or a span of time, such as krisen (the crisis), it translates to 'during'.
Why are we using the definite forms utvecklingen and krisen?
Swedish uses the definite form here by adding the -en suffix to these en-words, which mirrors how English uses 'the' in this sentence. The speaker is referring to the specific development of a specific, known crisis, rather than talking about development or crises in a general sense.

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