operationell

Operationell is an adjective used in several Germanic languages, notably Swedish, to describe something that is ready to operate or capable of functioning. The form is usually seen as a loan-like construction from operation plus the Swedish suffix -ell, yielding a sense closely aligned with the English term operational. Because the root word operation can also refer to a surgical procedure in Swedish, the term can carry ambiguity in some contexts, and in everyday language operativ is often the preferred word for “operational.”

In technical and organizational contexts, operationell describes the state of a system, process, or facility that is online, available, and able to perform its intended tasks. It is used in phrases such as "systemet är operationell" or "operationell kapacitet" to denote readiness. The term may appear in project plans, maintenance reports, or risk assessments to mark that a component has passed readiness criteria and can be deployed.

Compared with operativ, operationell tends to appear more in specialized or borrowed contexts, while operativ is the standard Scandinavian word for operational. In English-language writing the closest equivalent is operational.

See also: operability, operational readiness, operationalization, operational status.