återlämnas

Återlämnas is the present passive form of the Swedish verb återlämna, meaning to return or hand back something to its owner or rightful place. The term combines åter-, meaning back or again, with lämna, to leave or hand over. In usage, återlämnas indicates that an item is being returned by someone to its owner rather than being kept.

Grammatical overview: återlämna is a regular verb. Present active: återlämnar; past active: återlämnade. The past participle is återlämnat and is used with have/has to form perfect tenses (ex. har återlämnat). The passive present form is återlämnas, the passive past form is återlämnades. These forms allow various voice constructions, from direct statements about returning to descriptions of items being returned.

Common contexts: återlämnas is typical in formal, administrative, or institutional language, and is used for items that are supposed to be handed back or restored to their owner, such as borrowed goods, documents, or keys. In everyday speech, people more often use phrases like lämnas tillbaka or faktiskt returneras.

Examples:

- Nycklarna återlämnas till fastighetsägaren. (The keys are handed back to the property owner.)

- Boken har återlämnats till biblioteket. (The book has been returned to the library.)

See also: återlämna (infinitive), återlämning (the act of returning). The term is widely understood in Swedish-speaking contexts and is appropriate in formal notices, notices of return, and administrative declarations.