Dödade

Dödade is the Swedish past tense form of the verb döda, meaning to kill. It is used for a completed act of causing death and is typically transitive, taking a direct object, as in “Han dödade en fågel” (He killed a bird).

Grammatical notes: the present tense is dödar, the supine is dödat, and the past participle is död. Perfect and pluperfect constructions are formed with har/d hade dödat (e.g., “har dödat,” “hade dödat”). The passive forms include dödades (past passive) and dödas (present passive).

Semantic notes: dödade can refer to killing humans, animals, or other targets, depending on context. It does not inherently indicate murder with intent; for that sense, the verb mörda is often used. Döda covers killings in a broad range of contexts, including accidents, euthanization, or historical executions, when appropriate.

Adjective and related forms: död is the adjective meaning dead, as in “den döda mannen.” The past participle död can also function as part of compound tenses, while the noun død denotes death.

Etymology and usage: döda stems from Old Swedish döda and is cognate with related Germanic forms; it forms part of a semantic field surrounding death and killing across Scandinavian languages. In contemporary Swedish, dödade remains a common form in narrative and descriptive prose.