Fälld

Fälld is a Swedish adjective and past participle of the verb fälla. In contemporary usage it has at least two principal senses: literal, meaning felled or knocked down, and figurative, meaning convicted or found guilty by a court.

In the literal sense, fälld describes something that has been cut down or brought down, such as a tree or another object. It is used for material things and sometimes for people or animals affected by being knocked down. For example, a logging machine may fällde ett stort antal träd, or a tree may be described as det fällda trädet, the felled tree.

In the legal sense, fälld describes a person who has been convicted by a court. The word is often used with denoting the outcome of a trial, as in han blev fälld för mord, or in the phrase en fälld, referring to a convicted person. The related phrase fällande dom denotes a conviction or a verdict that finds someone guilty.

Etymology and form: fälld comes from the verb fälla, itself derived from Old Norse fella and related Germanic roots meaning to throw down or fell. The participle is used as an adjective in various positions and agrees with the noun it modifies, as with other Swedish adjectives.

See also: fälla, fällande dom, fällning.