Word
De flesta aktieägare gillar inte förvärvet.
Meaning
Most shareholders do not like the acquisition.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of De flesta aktieägare gillar inte förvärvet.
inte
not
gilla
to like (everyday synonym of tycka om)
de flesta
most (countable)
aktieägaren
the shareholder
Questions & Answers about De flesta aktieägare gillar inte förvärvet.
Why is "most" translated as de flesta here instead of mest?
In Swedish, you must use de flesta for countable things (like shareholders, cars, or days). Mest is reserved for uncountable nouns (like water, money, or time).
Since de flesta starts with the definite article de, why is aktieägare in the indefinite form?
The phrase de flesta is a special case and is always followed by the indefinite plural form of the noun. So you must say de flesta aktieägare, even though in English you might say "most of the shareholders".
How does the plural of aktieägare (shareholder) work?
It is a compound of en aktie (a share/stock) and en ägare (an owner). For Swedish nouns ending in -are (which usually denote people based on their action or role), the indefinite plural is exactly the same as the singular. So one owner is en ägare and several owners are flera ägare.
What is the root of the word förvärvet (the acquisition)?
It comes from the noun ett förvärv, which in turn comes from the formal verb att förvärva (to acquire or gain). Because it takes the -et ending here, you can easily tell it is an ett-word.