räknat

Räknat is the past participle and supine form of the Swedish verb rakna/räkna, meaning to count or to calculate. It is used to express completed counting or calculation actions and appears in non-finite verb forms as well as in combination with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses, such as har räknat (have counted) or hade räknat (had counted).

In ordinary clauses, räknat is most commonly seen in phrases with the auxiliary har or hade: Jag har räknat till hundra. Jag hade räknat ut summan innan mötet. Räknat is also part of phrasal verbs like räkna ut (to calculate or figure out) and räkna upp (to count up); in these constructions the past participle forms are used in tenses that require non-finite verbs, for example Jag har räknat ut summan or Antalet har räknats upp.

Etymology and related forms: räkna derives from Old Norse rekna, related to the everyday verb in several Scandinavian languages such as Danish regne and Norwegian regne. The form räknat corresponds to the supine/past participle pattern in Swedish, functioning across gender and number as a non-finite form in various tenses and participial phrases.

Usage notes: räknat primarily indicates completed counting or calculation when attached to an auxiliary verb, and it participates in the broader category of non-finite verb forms that enable compound tenses and phrasal verb constructions. As a linguistic form, it illustrates how Swedish uses supines and past participles to convey temporal nuance without changing for gender or number in non-finite contexts.

See also: räkna, räkna ut, räkna upp.