graderade

Graderade is a Swedish verb form derived from gradera, meaning to evaluate, assess, or assign a grade, as well as to classify by degree or quality. In educational contexts it is used to describe the act of judging a student’s work and assigning a numerical or letter grade. The word commonly appears in sentences like “Läraren graderade proven igår,” where it denotes a completed evaluation of an assignment or exam.

Gradera is the infinitive; graderar is the present tense, graderade is the simple past tense, and har graderat forms the present perfect in many contexts. The past participle graderat is used in perfect and passive constructions, for example “Prov har graderat” or “Prov har graderats,” depending on voice and structure. The adjective form graderad (singular) or graderade (plural) can be used to describe something that has already been graded, such as a “graderad uppsats” or “graderade uppsatser.”

Etymology traces grader- back to a root related to degree or step, with cognates in other Germanic languages and a common international concept of rating or ranking. In broader usage, graderade can refer to sorting items by quality or category beyond education, such as grading products or samples in quality control.

See also: gradera, gradering, grad (degree), grade.

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