Redigerat

Redigerat is a Swedish term meaning “edited” or “revised,” and it functions as the past participle of the verb redigera (to edit). It is used to indicate that a text or other media has undergone editing, either as part of a verb phrase (har redigerat) or as a predicate adjective (ett redigerat dokument) describing the state of the item.

Etymology and form: Redigera is borrowed from the French rediger/rédiger, ultimately deriving from Latin redigere “to bring into order.” The form redigerat is one of the participial endings used in Swedish for past participles of verbs ending in -era, and it may appear in various syntactic positions to express completed editing.

Usage and meanings: In everyday Swedish, redigerat material denotes content that has been revised or prepared for release. In journalistic, publishing, and academic contexts, it signals that the text has been edited prior to dissemination. In metadata or file labeling, redigerat may stand alone to indicate that editing work has been completed.

Relation to other terms: Redigera is the base verb meaning “to edit.” Redaktör means “editor,” and redigering refers to the act or process of editing. Redigerat should not be conflated with redaction in the sense of concealing information, which is more often associated with terms like radering or blacking out in Swedish, depending on the context. In Norwegian Bokmål or Danish, cognate forms such as redigert or redigeret are used with similar meaning.