observerade

Observerade is the simple past tense of the Swedish verb observera, meaning to observe. It marks that the act of observing took place in the past and is completed. The form is used with all persons: jag observerade, du observerade, han/hon observerade, vi observerade, ni observerade, de observerade. The present tense is observerar, and the past participle used in perfect constructions is observerat. There is also a passive past form, observerades, used when the subject is not performing the action but is being observed or when the observation is attributed to others, e.g. Fenomenet observerades av forskarna.

Observera itself belongs to a class of regular -a verbs in Swedish. Its etymology goes back to Latin observare, via French observer or directly into Swedish during the early modern period, reflecting a common path for scientific vocabulary. In modern Swedish, observera and its forms appear in academic writing, field notes, journalism, and everyday narration.

Examples: Jag observerade fågeln genom fönstret igår. Forskningen observerade hur beteendet förändrades. Fenomenet observerades av flera studier.

See also: observation, observera, observer, linguistic inflection.