Sekreteras

Sekreteras is a linguistic form found in Swedish, used to convey the passive voice in relation to the act of acting as or working with a secretary or secretariat. The word is built from the noun sekreterare (secretary) and the passive suffix -as, which is used to form impersonal or passive constructions in Swedish grammar. In practice, sekreteras appears mainly in formal or administrative texts rather than in everyday conversation.

In usage, sekreteras is typically applied to actions involving the secretariat or its functions, such as processing, handling, or transferring documents and tasks. For example, a sentence like “Fallet sekreteras av kansliet” can be translated as “The case is being processed by the secretariat.” Another potential usage is in impersonal instructions or notes indicating that a document should be routed to or handled by the secretariat, as in “Dokumentet sekreteras till nästa möte” (The document is to be secretarized/handled by the secretariat for the next meeting).

Etymology and related terms: sekreteras derives from the noun sekreterare (secretary) and shares its roots with the Latin secretarius, via the Swedish development of the word for secretary and the related concept of a secretariat. The suffix -as is a common Swedish means of forming passive or impersonal verbs. It is important not to confuse sekreteras with the noun forms sekreterare (secretary) or sekreteriat/sekretariat (the secretariat), which refer to the people or institution rather than the passive action. In contemporary Swedish, sekreteras remains a largely formal or bureaucratic term rather than a part of everyday speech.