Släcktes

Släcktes is a Swedish grammatical form, the past tense passive of the verb släcka, meaning to extinguish or to turn off. It indicates that the subject was extinguished or turned off, without specifying an agent performing the action. In Swedish, the present passive is släcks, and the past passive is släcktes. The past passive can be used in two parallel ways: the synthetic form släcktes and the analytic form blev släckt.

Usage and meaning: Släcktes is typically used to describe events where something was extinguished, such as lights, fires, or other flames, as well as devices or conditions that were turned off. It is common in news reports, witness descriptions, and narrative passages where the focus is on the event itself rather than on who performed it. The agent may be omitted or introduced with av, for example: Ljuset släcktes av personalen (The light was extinguished by the staff).

Morphology and related forms: The verb släcka has active forms in past tense (släckte) and present tense (släcker). The present passive is släcks (Ljuset släcks), while the past passive is släcktes (Ljuset släcktes). The passive can also be expressed analytically with blev släckt, as in Ljuset blev släckt, which emphasizes the action and sometimes the agent or consequence.

Notes: Släcktes is part of standard Swedish conjugation and is used primarily in factual description of events in the past. Its opposite in meaning is släckt/tänds or tända, depending on whether one refers to extinguishing or lighting.