plockad

Plockad is a Swedish adjective and the past participle of the verb plocka, meaning picked, gathered, or harvested. It describes objects that have been collected by hand, such as fruit, berries, flowers, or other produce, and is often used to indicate that something has been gathered rather than bought, grown, or produced in other ways. As an attributive modifier it agrees with the noun in number, so you can have en plockad frukt, plockad blomma, plockade frukter, or plockade blommor.

Etymology and usage notes depend on the verb plocka, which exists in modern Swedish with a long tradition in the language. The term plockad is commonly used in everyday speech as well as in market labels, recipes, and discussions of foraged or seasonal produce. In some contexts it contrasts with odlad (cultivated) or vildplockad (foraged from the wild), emphasizing the method or source of gathering.

Examples of usage include plockad frukt från trädet (fruit picked from the tree), plockade bär i korgen (picked berries in the basket), and svamp som är plockad i skogen (mushrooms that are picked in the forest). The corresponding verb forms in past and tense are plockade (plural) and plockad is often used when the noun is singular.

See also: plocka, foraging, harvest, produce labeling.