formulerats

Formulerats is the past participle form of the Swedish verb formulera. It is used primarily in passive constructions to indicate that something has been formulated, expressed, or set out in a specific form. In combination with auxiliary verbs, it can express different tenses, for example har formulerats means "has been formulated," while formulerades denotes the simple past passive “was formulated.”

Grammatical notes: Formulerats appears as the passive participle in the present perfect and related tenses, typically with the auxiliary har (e.g., har formulerats). The simple past passive form is formulerades. The verb formulera belongs to the -era class of Swedish verbs, and its past participle can also appear as an attributive adjective in the formulerad sense, meaning "formulated" in a non-passive role (e.g., en formulerad lösning).

Usage and style: The term is common in formal writing, such as scientific, governmental, and legal texts, where statements, hypotheses, recommendations, or definitions are presented in a formulated, explicit form. It often appears in conjunction with nouns like hypotes, rekommendation, or princip, to indicate that a position has been explicitly stated.

Related terms: The base verb formulera means “to formulate.” Related nouns include formulering (formulation) and formuleringar (formulations). English equivalents include to formulate, formulated, and has been formulated. The word derives from the concept of a formal form or rule, tracing back to the Latin formula through European language traditions.

In sum, formulerats is a standard Swedish grammatical construction signaling that something has been formally stated or expressed, typically in a written, formal context.