ackumulerar

Ackumulerar is a Swedish verb meaning to accumulate: to collect or build up a quantity over time. The form ackumulerar is used for third-person singular subjects (he or she accumulates). The general idea is that a stock increases through ongoing input and retention of material, energy, data, or value, often with little loss.

Etymology: The verb derives from ackumulera, which comes from the French accumuler and ultimately from the Latin accumulare, meaning to heap up. The related noun is ackumulering; the English cognate is accumulation.

Applications: In economics and finance, capital and wealth can accumulate as savings and investments grow. In environmental science, substances may accumulate in organisms or ecosystems (bioaccumulation). In physics and electronics, electric charge can accumulate on surfaces. In computing, data and logs accumulate in databases and data stores. In statistics, a running total or cumulative sum is described as an accumulation.

Usage notes: Ackumulerar is common in formal and technical Swedish, while more everyday speech may use alternatives such as bygga upp. The concept is central to discussions of growth, retention, and long-term change, and it often implies a directional increase over time rather than a one-off gain.