prövat

Prövat is the past participle of the Swedish verb pröva, meaning to try or to test. It denotes that the act of trying or testing has already taken place when used with auxiliary verbs in compound tenses.

In sentences, prövat appears in constructions such as "Jag har prövat olika metoder" (I have tried different methods) or "Vi hade prövat flera alternativ" (We had tried several options). The base form is pröva; prövat is the participle form used with helpers to form perfect tenses. When used as an adjective, prövat can mean "tested" or "tried," but in modern Swedish beprövad/beprövat is more common for meanings like proven or reliable. For example: "ett beprövat recept" (a proven recipe).

Etymology: pröva is of Germanic origin, with cognates in Danish and Norwegian prøve and Icelandic prófa, tracing back to Old Norse prófa. The Swedish form pröva developed within these Nordic language developments.

See also: pröva, beprövad, bepröva, prövning.