Brända

Brända is the Swedish past participle and adjectival form derived from the verb bränna, meaning to burn, scorch, roast or record (as in burning a CD). In modern Swedish the adjective inflects for gender and number: bränd (indefinite common singular), bränt (indefinite neuter singular) and brända (plural indefinite and definite forms). As a descriptor, brända denotes something that has been subjected to heat, flame or a figurative form of damage.

The term is common in everyday language and appears in many contexts. In culinary usage it describes roasted or caramelized foods (for example, brända mandlar, roasted almonds). In technical and domestic contexts it can refer to burned objects or recorded media (brända skivor). In journalism and emergency reporting it is used for fire-damaged structures or landscapes (brända byggnader, bränd mark).

Etymologically brända traces back to the Old Norse verb brenna and is cognate with the English word burn, sharing a Proto-Germanic root. The participle also appears in idiomatic expressions and proverbs that convey caution after adverse experience.

Occasionally the form appears in place names or family names in Scandinavia, reflecting historical events or geographic features associated with burning or clearing by fire. As a simple descriptive term, brända remains a versatile part of Swedish vocabulary for describing thermal or metaphorical damage.