förnekats

Förnekats is a Swedish verb form meaning "has been denied" or "was denied." It is the past participle of the verb förneka (to deny) used in the passive voice. In Swedish, the passive perfect is formed with an auxiliary such as har or hade together with the past participle, as in Påståendet har förnekats av myndigheterna (The statement has been denied by the authorities) or Anklagelserna förnekades av myndigheterna (The allegations were denied by the authorities).

Use and nuance: Förnekats appears in news reports, legal writing, and formal statements to indicate that a claim, allegation, or piece of information has been rejected or refuted by a speaker or institution. It governs the semantic role of the agent in a passive construction, which is often introduced by av (by).

Grammatical notes: Förnekats is formed from förneka with the suffix -ats to create a past participle used in passive constructions. Related forms include förnekad (denied, as an attributive or predicative adjective, e.g., en förnekad uppgift), och förnekelse (denial). The present passive is förnekas (it is denied), while the simple past passive or imperfect can appear as förnekades (were denied).

See also: förnekelse, förnekande, förnekad, förneka.

Example translations: "Påståendet har förnekats av myndigheterna" (The claim has been denied by the authorities). "Anklagelserna förnekades av advokaten" (The allegations were denied by the lawyer).