Inlärda

Inlärda is a Swedish term used to describe knowledge, skills, and behaviors that have been acquired through learning rather than being present at birth. In everyday language it appears in phrases such as inlärda färdigheter (learned skills) and inlärda beteenden (learned behaviors). When used as a noun phrase, it can refer to the set of learned capabilities a person or group possesses.

The word derives from the verb lära (to learn or teach) with the prefix in- and the past participle suffix -d. The basic form is inlärd, with the plural form inlärda. Inlärda is typically used to indicate that a characteristic is not innate and has been acquired through practice or instruction.

In psychology and education, inlärda is used to distinguish learned capacities from innate ones (often contrasted with medfödda). It covers procedural memory, motor skills, cognitive strategies, and factual knowledge obtained through experience. Discussions may address how repetition, feedback, and context influence the strength and transferability of inlärda competencies, or how culturally transmitted practices contribute to a population’s inlärda repertoire.

Related concepts include medfödda (innate), inlärning (learning), färdigheter (skills), and beteenden (behaviors). While common in linguistic and academic Swedish, inlärda is often replaced by more specific terms in everyday speech when describing particular learned attributes.