dödats

Dödats is a Swedish verb form derived from the verb döda (to kill). It is the past participle used in the passive voice, and is commonly interpreted as “have been killed” or simply “killed” in a past context.

The form appears mainly in perfect and pluperfect tenses with auxiliary verbs, for example “flera har dödats” (several have been killed) or “de hade dödats” (they had been killed). In headlines or telegraphic style one may encounter “flera dödats i konflikten,” without an explicit auxiliary.

Grammatically, dödats is the past participle used in passive constructions. The corresponding infinitive passive is dödas ("to be killed"). The attributive past participle dodad is used as an adjective to describe someone who has been killed, e.g., “den dödade mannen” (the man who was killed).

Origin and forms: the suffix -ts marks a passive past participle of the verb döda; this pattern is shared with other Swedish verbs forming similar participles. The word is not normally used as a noun; its meaning is strictly verbal.

See also: döda; dödas; dödad; död.