Upptäcks

Upptäcks is the present passive form of the Swedish verb upptäcka, meaning that something is discovered or detected, often by someone or through a process. It is used to describe a finding or detection without specifying the agent.

Etymology and grammar: Upptäcks is formed by adding the passive suffix -s to the infinitive upptäcka. The corresponding active forms are upptäcker (present), upptäckte (past), and upptäckt (past participle). In a sentence, the agent can be introduced with av, as in fyndet upptäcks av arkeologerna, which notes who discovered the object.

Usage and contexts: The form is common in scientific, investigative, and technical writing, as well as in journalism and reporting of new findings. It emphasizes the result—the discovery or detection—rather than the discoverer. It can describe discoveries in fields such as archaeology, medicine, engineering, and environmental monitoring, as well as routine quality control or data analysis.

Examples:

- Fyndet upptäcks under utgrävningen.

- Nya risker upptäcks genom tester.

- Skador upptäcks ofta i de tidiga stadierna.

Notes: The passive construction can be used impersonally when the agent is unknown or unimportant. The related forms—upptäcker (present active), upptäckte (past), and upptäckt (past participle)—are used in different voices and tenses to convey who performed the action or the timing of the discovery.