Beräknats

Beräknats is the past participle form of the Swedish verb beräkna, meaning to calculate or estimate. In contemporary Swedish, beräknats appears in passive constructions (is calculated) and as an adjectival form when describing nouns that have undergone calculation or estimation. The corresponding adjective for common gender nouns is beräknad, while for neuter nouns the form beräknat is used. The present passive of the verb is beräknas (is calculated/expected), which is commonly found in technical and scientific writing.

Grammatical usage and nuance. Beräknats functions as a participle that marks completion of a calculation or estimation, often in formal contexts such as reports, forecasts, and analyses. As an adjective, beräknad or beräknat precedes a noun to indicate that the value or quantity has been derived by calculation. In sentences that express projections or estimates, the forms beräknas and beräknat are frequently employed to convey methodological steps or results.

Contexts and examples. In mathematics and statistics, you may encounter phrases like “det beräknade värdet,” “det beräknade antalet,” or “de beräknade resultaten.” In finance or engineering, phrases such as “beräknad kostnad” or “beräknat energiåtgång” are common. The term is also prevalent in official documents, research reports, and planning documents where quantified estimates are central.

Etymology and relation to räka. Beräknats derives from beräkna, itself linked to the noun beräkning (reckoning, calculation) and to the root related to counting or estimating. The verb engels to count or compute is linked to the broader family of Germanic words for calculation and estimation.