Nedgraderas

Nedgraderas is a Swedish verb form used to express that something is downgraded. It is the present passive form of the verb nedgradera, meaning to downgrade or demote. In passive constructions, the subject is the entity that undergoes the downgrading, while the agent performing the action is introduced with av.

The term is formed from the prefix ned-, meaning downward or back, combined with gradera, a verb meaning to grade or rank. Gradera has cognates in other Germanic languages, and nedgradera follows a common pattern in Swedish for forming passive present constructions with the -s suffix.

Nedgraderas appears in contexts such as finance, public administration, and organizational communication, where ratings, classifications, or statuses are officially lowered by an authority or rating agency. For example: Kreditbetyget nedgraderas av kreditvärderingsinstitutet, indicating that a credit rating has been downgraded by the rating agency. Another example: Kommunens säkerhetsklassificering nedgraderas till en lägre nivå, meaning the municipality’s security classification is downgraded to a lower level.

In usage, nedgraderas is part of a broader set of related forms, including nedgraderad (downgraded) and nedgradering (downgrading). The term is primarily literary, journalistic, and administrative rather than a technical noun, and it is typically used to describe processes rather than objects.

See also: nedgraderad, nedgradering, nedgradering i finanssektorn.