Konstruerades

Konstruerades is a Swedish verb form—the preterite passive of konstruera, meaning to construct, build, or design. It signals that something was constructed or designed by someone else in the past. It is commonly used in technical, architectural, and scholarly writing, but can appear in general prose as well.

Etymology and form: The verb konstruera derives from the French construire and ultimately from Latin constructus. The past passive form konstruerades is formed by adding the suffix -des to the verb’s stem to indicate passive voice in the past. The present passive is konstrueras; the past active is konstruerade; the past perfect passive would be konstruerats.

Usage notes: Konstruerades can refer to concrete constructions (byggnader, maskiner) or abstract constructs (teorier, modeller). In Swedish, konstruera (to construct or design) is often used for planning and design work, while byggdes (was built) is more common for physical buildings. In technical and scientific writing, konstruerades frequently appears when describing past design processes or the completion of a construction project. In translation, konstruerades can be rendered as “was constructed” or “was designed,” depending on context and emphasis on process versus product.