numrerad

Numrerad is a Swedish adjective meaning numbered. It is the past participle of the verb numrera and is used to describe items that have been assigned numbers. Common contexts include lists, pages, and editions where numbers serve identification or order, for example en numrerad lista (a numbered list), numrerade sidor (numbered pages), or en numrerad upplaga (a numbered edition). In publishing, administration, and information handling, numrerad material helps readers or users reference specific items quickly or track revisions. The term is most often found in technical or administrative language and can appear both predicatively (Sidan är numrerad) and attributively (en numrerad ordningslista).

Etymology and formation: numrerad derives from Swedish numrera (to number), which in turn is built on the noun nummer (number). The noun nummer is a loan from continental European languages, with cognates in German Nummer and French numéro, tracing back to the Latin numerus concept.

Related terms and variants: numrering refers to the act of numbering or to a numbered sequence; numrera is the verb; nummer is the corresponding noun for the concept of a number.

See also: numbering, indexing, cataloging.