sammanfattad

Sammanfattad is an adjective in Swedish meaning "summarized" or "condensed." It describes text, statements, or information that has been reduced to its essential points. The form is derived from the verb sammanfatta, “to summarize,” with the past participle ending -ad. In usage, it agrees with the noun it modifies: en sammanfattad rapport, ett sammanfattat dokument, flera sammanfattade rapporter.

The corresponding noun is sammanfattning, which means a summary or abstract. The term is commonly seen in academic, journalistic, and administrative contexts to indicate that a longer text has been condensed. It can be used attributively as in “en sammanfattad version” or predicatively as in “Texten är sammanfattad.” The plural forms are sammanfattade for plural nouns and sammanfattad/sammanfattat in other agreements, depending on gender and number.

Relation to related terms: sammanfattad is closely linked to sammanfattning (the actual summary) and to kortfattad, another term for concise. In scholarly writing, sammanfattning is standard for the abstract, while sammanfattad can describe a condensed version of any content, such as a sammanfattad redogörelse or a sammanfattad rapport.

Etymology: the prefix samman- meaning “together” or “combined” and fatta from the verb that historically means “to grasp,” yielding the concept of bringing together the essential points into a concise form.