hämtad

Hämtad is the past participle of the Swedish verb hämta, which means to fetch, retrieve, or bring to a location. The word is used as an adjective or in compound verb forms to indicate that something has been obtained from a source, such as data, a file, or information. In modern Swedish, the most common construction for completed action is the passive form with har hämtats or har hämtat in active voice: for example, Filen har hämtats från servern (the file has been retrieved/downloaded).

As an attributive or descriptive form, hämtad can appear in phrases like hämtad information, meaning information that has been retrieved. In computing and data-handling contexts, hämtad is frequently used to describe data or files that have been fetched from a database or server.

Etymology and morphology: hämtad is derived from the verb hämta and is formed with the participial suffix -ad to create an adjectival form. Swedish participles can appear in several inflected shapes depending on voice and tense, such as hämtat (active perfect) and hämtats (passive perfect). The simple past passive is commonly expressed as hämtades.

Usage notes: In everyday language, downloaded files are often described using nedladdad rather than hämtad, but hämtad remains common in technical or formal writing to emphasize the retrieval action from a source. The meaning of hämtad overlaps with synonyms like fetched, retrieved, or downloaded, depending on context.

Translations: English equivalents include fetched, retrieved, or downloaded.

See also: hämta, hämtning, nedladdning.