revolutionerades

Revolutionerades is a Swedish verb form meaning "was/were revolutionized." It is the simple past passive of the verb revolutionera ("to revolutionize"), used to indicate that an action was performed on the subject rather than performed by it.

Grammatical formation and use

Revolutionera is a regular -era verb; its past tense is revolutionerade and passive forms are made by adding -s. Thus revolutionerades functions as the past passive ("revolutionerade" + s) and corresponds to English passive constructions in the simple past. Related passive forms include revolutioneras (present passive) and har revolutionerats (perfect passive). The form is used in neutral, descriptive contexts to report historical, social, technological or institutional change: for example, "Industrin revolutionerades under 1800-talet" ("The industry was revolutionized during the 19th century").

Etymology and related terms

The verb derives from the noun revolution, ultimately from Latin revolutio, plus the Swedish verbalizing suffix -era. Synonyms and near-synonyms in Swedish include reformerades, omdanades and förändrades, which differ in nuance and degree of change. The term appears in academic, journalistic and everyday registers when describing large-scale transformations in politics, technology, culture or organization.