Inventerade

Inventerade is the past tense form of the Swedish verb inventera, which means to take stock of items by listing and recording them. The action is transitive and typically involves a direct object, for example a warehouse, a library collection, or a dataset. Common constructions include “Vi inventerade lagret” (We inventoried the warehouse) and “Företaget har inventerat sina inventarier.” The verb’s present tense is inventerar, and its past participle is inventerad, used in compound tenses such as har inventerat or hade inventerat.

Etymology and related terms: the verb inventera is connected to the noun inventering, meaning the act of inventorying or stocktaking. The word originates from the broader family of terms for inventory and cataloging, with cognates in other European languages such as German inventarisieren and French inventorier, which in turn derive from Latin roots linked to the concept of inventory and cataloging. In Swedish usage, inventering is the process, while inventarier refers to the items that make up the inventory.

Usage and scope: inventerade is used in business, libraries, museums, and archival work, as well as in everyday contexts where counting and recording items is required. It can also be used metaphorically to describe surveying or assessing non-physical things, such as data or risks. Related forms include inventering (the act of inventorying) and inventarier (inventory items). Examples: “Vi genomförde en fullständig inventering av bokföringen” and “Bokhyllorna behöver inventeras.”