efterlämnats

Efterlämnats is a Swedish term formed from the verb efterlämna, meaning to leave behind or to bequeath. As a past participle, efterlämnats functions in a passive or adjectival role to describe something that has been left behind by a person, typically in connection with inheritance, estates, or archival records. It is most common in formal, legal, or historical texts.

Etymology and usage context: The word combines efter- (“after, behind”) with lämna (“to leave”) and the suffixed passive form -ts. In practice, efterlämnats appears in constructions that refer to objects, documents, or belongings that remain as a consequence of a death or departure. It is often used alongside related forms such as efterlämnat, efterlämnade, to align with gender and number of the noun it describes. Examples in full phrases include det efterlämnade arvet (the inheritance left behind) and de efterlämnade dokumenten (the documents left behind).

Grammatical notes: In Swedish, participles like efterlämnats can operate as adjectives within noun phrases or as part of verb phrases in passive constructions. The choice of form (efterlämnat, efterlämnade, eller efterlämnats) depends on the gender, number, and definiteness of the noun they modify, as well as the syntactic role in the sentence.

See also: arv, testamente, lämna. In related contexts, terms for estates and wills are commonly used together with afterlämnade or efterlämnats to describe what remains to heirs or custodians.