Signerade

Signerade is a Swedish verb form meaning “signed.” It is the preterite (simple past) form of the verb signera, used to describe actions completed in the past. It is used for all subjects, for example: jag signerade kontraktet, du signerade kontraktet, han signerade kontraktet. In compound tenses, the verb forms with have, as in har signerat, to indicate actions completed up to a present moment.

As an adjective or participle, the past participle form signerad (singular) or signerade (plural) is used to describe objects that have received signatures. For example: en signerad handling (a signed document) or signerade handlingar (signed documents). In this use, the term emphasizes that the document or item has been officially signed.

Etymology and relation to related terms: signera is borrowed from French signer, which in turn comes from Latin signare, signum, meaning to mark or seal. The word is commonly encountered in legal, administrative, and business contexts where formal signatures are required or recorded.

Usage notes: Signerade often appears in narratives about past actions or in documentation describing completed signing processes. For describing ongoing or future signing, other tense forms of signera are used, while the participial forms signerad and signerade link to the state of having a signature affixed.

See also: signatur, signering, avtal, dokument.