Sprängdes

Sprängdes is a Swedish verb form meaning “was blown up” or “was detonated.” It is the simple past tense of the passive voice for the verb spränga, which means to explode or to blow up. The passive form emphasizes the action happening to the subject, while the agent responsible for the explosion is often left unnamed.

In use, sprängdes appears in sentences describing events where something was subjected to an explosion. For example, Byggnaden sprängdes klockan tre means “The building was blown up at three o’clock.” The present passive counterpart is sprängs, as in Byggnaden sprängs ofta i övningar, meaning “The building is often blown up in exercises.” The form sprängdes is therefore a straightforward past-time reference to a completed explosive act on the subject.

Spränga and its related nouns are part of a family of terms connected to blasting and detonation. Sprängning denotes blasting or detonation as a process, while sprängämne refers to an explosive substance. The language treats sprängdes as a standard example of the Swedish passive past tense and uses it across various registers, from historical accounts to contemporary reporting.

Notes on usage: sprängdes is typically employed when the focus is on the event itself rather than on who carried it out. It can describe accidents, criminal acts, or military actions in a neutral, documentary tone. The form is one of the core passive past tense constructions in Swedish and is widely understood by speakers of the language.