bärkraftiga

Bärkraftiga is the inflected plural form of the Swedish adjective bärkraftig, used to describe something that can be borne, supported or maintained over time. In practical usage it commonly denotes viability or sustainability—economic, environmental or social—but may also refer to structural capacity (the ability to carry weight or force). The word is cognate with Norwegian and Danish bærekraftig/bærekraftig and is formed from bära (to carry) + kraft (force, power) + the adjectival suffix -ig.

Usage in Swedish frequently overlaps with hållbar and hållbarhet (sustainable, sustainability). While hållbar is the dominant term in contemporary environmental and policy contexts, bärkraftig appears in formal texts and compound expressions, for example bärkraftiga lösningar (sustainable/viable solutions) or en bärkraftig ekonomi (a viable economy). The form bärkraftiga is used for plural or definite constructions following standard Swedish adjective agreement.

Translations into English include sustainable, viable, and supportable, depending on context. Related concepts include hållbar utveckling (sustainable development), resiliency, and bärkraft (capacity to bear or support). Usage notes advise choosing hållbar for everyday references to sustainability and reserving bärkraftig for stylistic variation, technical descriptions of load-bearing capacity, or translations aligned with Norwegian/Danish terminology.