planerad

Planerad is a Swedish adjective meaning “planned” or “pre-arranged,” used to describe something that has been organized or scheduled in advance. It is formed from the verb planera (to plan) with the adjectival suffix -ad, and functions as a past participle used as an adjective in modern Swedish.

The word inflects for gender and number as follows: planerad (common gender singular), planerat (neuter singular), planerade (plural). It can be used attributively, as in en planerad resa (a planned trip) or planerade byggprojekt (planned construction projects), and predicatively, as in Resan är planerad (The trip is planned). The common opposite form is oplanerad (unplanned).

Planerad appears across a range of contexts, including everyday planning, project management, logistics, and urban or regional planning. It often collocates with nouns such as tid (time), leverans (delivery), möte (meeting), and budget to indicate that the element has been scheduled or prepared in advance. In contrast, unplanned or impromptu events are described as oplanerade.

In usage, planerad can describe both concrete outcomes (a planed schedule or a planned route) and more abstract preparations (a planerad strategi). The term is standard in formal and informal Swedish and is widely understood in both spoken and written language. As with many past participles used as adjectives, it can appear in various syntactic positions and supports the broader concept of forethought and organization in communication.