kontrollerade

Kontrollerade is a Swedish word form that functions both as the past tense of the verb kontrollera and as the past participle used as an adjective. Kontrollera means to control, verify, inspect, or supervise, and kontrollerade is used to describe actions completed in the past: “Vi kontrollerade uppgifterna” (We checked the data).

As an adjective, kontrollerad or kontrollerade describes something that has been subjected to control. Examples include “en kontrollerad substans” (a controlled substance) and “de kontrollerade uppgifterna” (the controlled data). The form kontrollerade is used for plural nouns or when the noun is definite, while kontrollerat is used with neuter singular nouns (ett kontrollerat prov, ett kontrollerat test).

Common contexts for the term include science and medicine (kontrollerade studier, such as randomiserade kontrollerade studier), manufacturing and quality assurance (kontrollerade processer), and policy or regulatory language (kontrollerade marknader). In research settings, “randomiserade kontrollerade studier” is the standard term for randomized controlled trials.

Etymology: the verb kontrollerera is derived from kontroll, related to the English word control, and Swedish usage reflects the common pattern of borrowing administrative and scientific vocabulary from larger European languages.

Notes: kontrollerade can function in passive voice or as a descriptive modifier, and it agrees in number and definiteness with the noun it modifies.