Udarbejdede

Udarbejdede is the simple past tense form of the Danish verb udarbejde, meaning to draft, prepare, or compile a document, report, plan, or other written material. It is used to describe that someone produced a draft or prepared something in the past. The related past participle is udarbejdet, which is used with have/has to form the present perfect tense, as in har udarbejdet.

Etymology and meaning: udarbejde combines ud- (a prefix often indicating completion or outward direction) with arbejde (to work), giving the sense of working something out and producing it in written form. The word is common in formal and administrative contexts.

Usage: In Danish, udarbejde is frequently used in professional and official language, such as government, business, academia, and journalism. In everyday speech, it can appear as jeg udarbejdede en rapport (“I drafted a report”). As an attributive adjective, the past tense form can modify nouns, for example udarbejdede forslag (“drafted proposals”).

Examples:

- Han udarbejdede en detaljeret rapport.

- De udarbejdede forslag blev præsenteret for bestyrelsen.

Notes: The form udarbejdede is identical across all persons in the simple past tense (jeg udarbejdede, du udarbejdede, han/hun/den/det udarbejdede, vi udarbejdede, I udarbejdede, de udarbejdede). The word is synonymous with producing a draft or prepared document and is distinct from more general verbs for “to create” or “to write” in non-formal contexts.