dokumenterad

Dokumenterad is a Swedish adjective and past participle formed from the verb dokumentera, meaning to document. It describes something that has been recorded, evidenced, or supported by documents. As a participle it agrees with gender and number: en dokumenterad rapport, ett dokumenterat arkiv, flera dokumenterade rapporter.

Origin and form: The root dokument- comes from the noun dokument, borrowed into Swedish from Latin documentum, likely via German or French. The participle dokumenterad is used attributively and predicatively in everyday language. The corresponding neuter form is dokumenterat, and the plural form is dokumenterade.

Usage: The term is common in research, law, journalism, archival work, and quality assurance to indicate reliability through sources. It occurs in phrases such as dokumenterad källa (documented source), dokumenterad metod (documented method), and dokumenterade bevis (documented evidence). It can contrast with undokumenterad or bristfälligt dokumenterad (insufficiently documented).

Examples: Det finns ett dokumenterat samband mellan variablerna. Rapporten är dokumenterad och baseras på primärkällor. Juridiska krav kan också formuleras som att uppgifterna är dokumenterade och verifierbara.