kvalificerades

Kvalificerades is a Swedish verb form, the past tense in the passive voice of kvalificera. It indicates that someone or something has been deemed eligible or has met the necessary criteria for a task, competition, position, or other condition, with the action described as being performed on the subject by an external agent. The corresponding active past tense is kvalificerade, meaning that the subject itself qualified for something.

Conjugation and forms: kvalificera belongs to the -era verbs. Present active is kvalificerar; present passive is kvalificeras. Past active is kvalificerade; past passive is kvalificerades. In perfect tenses one uses har kvalificerat (has qualified) or har kvalificerat sig if the context is reflexive. The past participle, used as an adjective, is kvalificerad (qualified), with the neuter form kvalificerat in certain constructions.

Usage: kvalificerades is common in formal or administrative contexts and in sports journalism to report eligibility outcomes. It is often used to describe teams, athletes, or individuals that have met criteria to advance to a next round or to participate in a competition. In everyday speech, native speakers may prefer active constructions such as “laget kvalificerade sig till slutspelet,” but the passive form remains correct and frequent in written texts.

Etymology and related terms: kvalificera is borrowed from the Latin qualifikare, through the broader family of European terms such as qualifier/qualification. The noun kvalifikation covers the process or result of qualifying, while kvalificerad functions as the related adjective meaning “qualified.” Related verbs and nouns include kvalificering (qualification) and kvalificeringsprocess.