sände

Sände is the past tense form of the Swedish verb sända, meaning to send or transmit. The term is used for both sending physical objects and for broadcasting or transmitting signals or programs.

In everyday language, sända covers sending letters or packages and dispatching messages or goods. In broadcasting and communications, it is used in phrases such as sända ett program or sända ut ett radioprogram. The form sändes is used for the passive or simple past in many contexts, as in Programmet sändes i kväll (The program was broadcast tonight).

Grammar notes: The verb sända has the present tense sänder and the past tense sände. The perfect tense is usually formed with har sänt, while some speakers might use har sändt in regional varieties. The past participle is commonly sänd, and the participle forms may vary slightly by dialect in more formal or historical writing.

Etymology and related terms: Sända comes from Old Norse senda. Related words in Scandinavian languages include Danish sende and Norwegian sende. Derived nouns include sändning (transmission or broadcast) and sändare (transmitter), which are widely used in media, telecommunications, and logistics contexts.

See also: sändning, sändare, sända ut, sändningsteknik.