sättas

Sättas is a Swedish verbal form derived from the verb sätter? Actually from sätta, meaning to put, place, or set. In Swedish, sättas is used as a passive form of sätta and appears mainly in passive infinitive constructions or in formal, impersonal contexts to indicate that something is to be placed, established, or put into effect. The suffix -as is characteristic of Swedish passive infinitives, which can express an action that should or will be performed without specifying a subject.

Etymology and grammar: The word comes from the stem sätt-, itself from the Old Norse setja. The Swedish passive infinitive form sättas is used with auxiliary verbs or in phrases where the action is presented as something to be completed. In many cases, it accompanies phrases such as att sättas (to be put into effect) or with fixed collocations like sättas upp (to be set up) or sättas i kraft (to be put into force). In everyday Swedish, the finite passive form is more commonly realized as sätts in present clauses.

Usage: Sättas appears primarily in formal, administrative, legal, or policy language, where actions, rules, or structures are discussed in terms of being established or implemented. It commonly occurs in government documents, guidelines, and project plans. The form is contrasted with the active present forms (sätter) and other tense styles; körkort etc. The nuance is roughly “to be set” or “to be put into effect,” rather than a direct active action by a specific subject.

See also: Swedish grammar; sätta; passive voice in Swedish; att sättas.