avvisade

Avvisade is a Swedish term that functions as the past tense form of the verb avvisa, meaning to reject, refuse, or dismiss. It is commonly found in both everyday language and administrative or legal texts to indicate that something has been turned down or declined. As a finite verb, it denotes that an action of rejection occurred, for example: myndigheterna avvisade begäran (the authorities rejected the request).

The word can also be used as a past participle in adjectival position. In this use, avvisade describes a noun as having been rejected, such as en avvisad ansökan (a rejected application) or avvisade förslag (rejected proposals). In Swedish, the participle may appear in different forms (for example avvisad or avvisade) to agree with the noun’s gender and number, depending on grammatical context.

Etymology and related usage: avvisa is formed with the prefix av- meaning away or off, combined with visa, historically linked to showing or indicating. The form avvisade shares its root with related Germanic terms in other Scandinavian languages, such as Norwegian and Danish equivalents meaning “rejected.” The term is especially prevalent in bureaucratic, immigration, housing, and administrative decision texts, where decisions to grant or deny requests are commonly described as avvisade or avvisade förslag.

See also: avvisning (the act of rejecting) and avvisande (disapproving, rejecting in adjective form). Note that while avvisade is standard Swedish, exact inflection may vary with tense and whether it is used as a verb or an attributive adjective.