Upphörd

Upphörd is a Swedish adjective meaning ceased, ended, or discontinued. It is formed from the verb upphöra, which means to cease or stop. The form upphörd is used as a participial adjective to describe something that has ceased or been terminated, for example a ceased operation or an ended activity.

In Swedish, the standard perfect participle used in verb phrases is upphört, as in har upphört, meaning has ceased. The adjective form upphörd tends to appear in more formal, legal, or historical language, and it can be used to modify a noun, for example en upphörd verksamhet (a ceased operation) or en upphörd verksamhet på grund av neddragningar. The noun form related to this concept is upphörande, meaning cessation or termination.

Usage notes and related terms: upphörd is relatively formal or literary in everyday language, where speakers more commonly use upphört for past-tense constructions or synonyms such as avslutad (concluded) or avvecklad (phased out). The concept is linked to upphöra (to cease) and upphörande (cessation). The present tense form is upphör, and the simple past is upphörde; the perfect form is har upphört.

See also: upphöra, upphört, upphörande, avslutad, avvecklad.

Overall, upphörd functions as an attributive descriptor for something that has already ceased or been terminated, while its related verb forms express the action of ceasing in different tenses.