Kollapsat

Kollapsat is the past participle of the Swedish verb kollapsa, meaning to collapse. It is used with auxiliary verbs such as har or hade to form perfect or pluperfect tenses, for example: huset har kollapsat (the house has collapsed) or ekonomin har kollapsat (the economy has collapsed). The form can also appear in other verb constructions that require a participle, such as passive or impersonal clauses.

Etymology and usage notes: The verb kollapsa is a Swedish adaptation of the English word collapse, with the noun kollaps also attested in Swedish to denote a collapse or breakdown. Kollapsat follows the standard pattern for past participles of -a verbs in Swedish and is commonly encountered in news reporting, technical writing, and everyday speech when describing a failure or breakdown.

Context and nuance: Kollapsat conveys that a collapse has occurred and often implies a decisive or dramatic change. It can describe physical structures, such as buildings or bridges, as well as abstract systems like markets, institutions, or plans. In many sentences, it functions as the main predicate in a tense constructed with have or had, but it can also appear in subordinate clauses to denote a completed collapse.

See also: kollaps (noun) for the concept of a collapse, and related terms such as kollapsad or kollapsör. While kollapsat is widely understood in Swedish, its use is most natural in contexts that explicitly report or analyze a failure or breakdown.