datumet

Datumet is the definite form of the Swedish noun datum, meaning date in calendar terms. It refers to a specific day or point in time, such as the date of an event, a document, or a deadline. In everyday language people may ask, for example, “Vad är datumet idag?” and use the phrase “datumet för mötet” to indicate the date of a meeting.

Morphology and usage: Datum is a neuter noun. The indefinite singular is ett datum, the definite singular is datumet. The plural form is datum in the indefinite sense, and datumen in the definite sense. This means you can say datumen när vi planerar, or datumet är den 12 maj, depending on whether you refer to a known single date or dates in general.

Context and formatting: In administrative and official contexts, dates are often written in a clear, unambiguous form. Many Swedish forms and documents also use international or standardized date formats, such as year-month-day (for example 2025-12-09), to reduce confusion across regions and languages. While the word datumet focuses on the calendar date, different professional fields may specify exact date formats to ensure consistency.

Relation to related terms: The term datum relates to calendar time rather than data items in ordinary Swedish usage. When referring to a specific data element in technical or statistical contexts, different terminology such as datapunkt or data is commonly used, depending on the language and field. Datumet remains a straightforward, everyday term for calendar dates in Swedish.