körande

Körande is the Swedish present participle of the verb köra, meaning to drive, operate, or move something. As an adjective it denotes ongoing action: a person or thing that is in the act of driving or operating at the moment. The form is used to describe both people who drive and devices or systems that are currently functioning or in motion.

Grammatical notes: Körande is formed with the -ande suffix, similar to other Swedish present participles. It agrees in number and definiteness with the noun it modifies, and can function as a descriptive attribute in phrases such as “körande bil” or “körande person” in technical writing. The noun form of the act is körning (driving, operation). The verb köra is conjugated as kör, körde, kört in present, past, and perfect forms.

Use and context: In everyday speech Swedes typically refer to the driver as föraren or chauffören; körande is more common in formal, legal, or technical language, and in contexts describing vehicles or machinery that are currently in operation. It appears in phrases like “körande fordon” (operating vehicle) or in descriptions of self-driving technology, e.g., självkörande bil (self-driving car), where körande conveys the action of driving performed by the system.

See also: körning, köra, självkörande. The term reflects Swedish morphology in present-participle usage and its role in distinguishing act from agent.