Återföras

Återföras is a Swedish verb in the passive form of återföra. It denotes bringing something back to a previous place, state, or source, i.e., restoring or returning it. The active infinitive is återföra. The form återförs is used in the present passive, återfördes in the simple past passive, and återförts as the supine/perfect passive; the past participle non-passive form is återförd.

Etymology and meaning: The word combines åter-, meaning back or again, with föra (to carry or bring). In use, återföras emphasizes that the subject is being returned or reintroduced rather than acted upon directly by an agent.

Grammatical use: Återföras typically appears with an implicit or explicit agent in contexts where the item is moved back to a prior location or state, such as a document returning to an archive or data being reintroduced into a system. It is common in administrative, archival, legal, and information-management language.

Typical contexts and examples:

- Dokuments återförs till arkivet. (The document is returned to the archive.)

- Uppgifter återfördes till huvudregistret efter avstängning. (The records were reintroduced to the main register after the outage.)

- Efter revisionen återförs varor till sitt ursprungliga lager. (After the audit, goods are returned to their original warehouse.)

Related terms: återföra (active form), återföring (the act of returning/restoration). Synonyms include återlämna and återställa, though återföra nuances emphasize the act of bringing back to a prior state or place rather than merely giving back.