Smittat

Smittat is a Swedish word that functions as the past participle of the verb smitta, meaning to infect. It is used in compound tenses to indicate that an infection has been caused by the subject, for example in phrases like viruset har smittat tusentals människor.

In everyday Swedish, smittat appears mainly in medical, public health, and news contexts. It denotes that an active transmission has occurred, rather than describing the condition of a person. For instance, one might say that a virus has smittat a population, or that a pathogen has smittat certain individuals. When referring to a person who has become infected, the common form is smittad, as in en smittad person.

Smittat differs from related forms. Smitta can be used as a noun meaning infection or contagion, and smittsam (or smittsamhet) describes something that is contagious or readily spread. Smittskydd is the field or practice of infection control and public health measures to prevent transmission.

In summary, smittat is the past participle of smitta used to express that an infection has been caused or spread, typically in contexts describing transmission by a pathogen. It complements other Swedish forms such as smittad (infected) and smittsam (contagious), which cover related but distinct meanings in medical and everyday language.