Räddade

Räddade is the preterite (past tense) form of the Swedish verb rädda, meaning to save or rescue someone or something from danger. It is used when describing an action in the past where a person or thing is saved, such as saving a life, an animal, or a situation from harm. Räddade can appear in active constructions, for example “Hon räddade katten från trädet,” meaning she saved the cat from the tree.

Grammatical forms and related uses include several variations. In present tense, the verb is räddar (I/you/she saves). The past tense active form is räddade (saved). The past passive form is räddades, used to express that someone or something was saved by another agent, as in “Livet räddades av brandmannen.” The supine or past participle form used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses is räddat, for example “har räddat.” As an adjective, the participle can appear as räddad or räddat, depending on gender and number, as in “ett räddat liv” or “den räddade mannen.”

Usage notes and context: rädda is common in safety, rescue, and emergency reporting as well as everyday language about helping others. The word can be used both literally (physical rescue) and figuratively (saving someone from trouble or harm). It is distinct from the related adjective rädd, which means afraid.

Etymology and cognates: rädda is a native Swedish verb with cognates in other Nordic languages, such as Danish redde and Norwegian redde, and shares roots in the broader Germanic language family.