mõttes

Mättes is a Swedish verb form that represents the past tense in the passive voice of the verb mäta, meaning to measure. It is used to describe a measurement that was performed without indicating who did the measuring.

In practice, mättes appears in sentences where the focus is on the result of the measurement rather than the actor. It is common in scientific, medical, architectural, and survey contexts, where measurements are reported as facts. The form signals that the measurement event occurred in the past and that the subject is the entity being measured.

Examples include:

Längden mättes till två meter. The length was measured to be two meters.

Deltagarnas vikt mättes flera gånger under studien. The participants’ weight was measured several times during the study.

Related lexical items include mäta (to measure), mätning (measurement), and mätinstrument (measuring instrument). The word mättes thus functions primarily as a grammatical tool for conveying completed measurements in Swedish, rather than as a standalone noun or concept.