Utdömas

Utdömas is a Swedish verb in the passive voice that means to be sentenced or to have a punishment imposed by a court or other authority. It is used mainly in legal and formal contexts to describe the outcome of a criminal proceeding, rather than the act of deciding guilt. The infinitive is utdöma; the active present form is utdömer. The present passive is commonly written utdöms, though utdömas may appear as a variant in some texts. The past passive form is utdömdes, and the past active form is dömde.

Etymology and meaning: utdöma is formed from döma, meaning to judge, with the prefix ut- conveying the sense of delivering or issuing. The idea is to mete out a sentence or punishment. The term is closely related to the concept of sentencing in judicial contexts and is used to report the result of legal proceedings.

Grammar and usage: In Swedish, utdömas is used to describe a sentence being imposed by a court. It often appears in phrases such as “straffet utdöms till två års fängelse” or “den tilltalade utdöms av hovrätten.” The related adjective utdömd means “sentenced.” The noun form utdömande refers to the act of delivering a sentence. In everyday language, more common verbs for similar ideas include döma and döms, but utdöma specifies the act of imposing a penalty.

See also: döma, domstol, dom, straff, utdömande.