stöttat

Stöttat is the past participle form of the Swedish verb stötta, meaning to support, back, or assist. It is used with auxiliary verbs such as har or hade to form perfect tenses, for example har stöttat (has supported) or hade stöttat (had supported). It can also appear in passive constructions with the present passive stöttas (is supported) or the past passive har stöttats (has been supported).

Etymology and related forms: Stötta belongs to the native Swedish vocabulary and has cognates in other North Germanic languages, such as Danish støtte and Norwegian støtte. The related noun stöd means support. The past participle stöttat follows the common pattern for strong or irregular Swedish verbs in perfect and passive constructions.

Usage notes: In modern Swedish, stöttat is primarily a participle used to build compound tenses or passive voice. The simple past form of stötta is stöttade, not stöttat. As an adjective, stöttat can modify a noun in certain contexts, though this is less frequent; more common is its use within a verb phrase (har stöttat, har stöttats).

Examples: Hon har stöttat sina medarbetare genom hela projektet. Företaget har stöttat flera initiativ. Projektet stöttas av regeringen. Dessa exempel illustrate how stöttat functions in perfect tense and stöttas in present passive constructions.

See also: stötta, stött, stötta (verb forms), stöd.