tolket

Tolket is a linguistic term found in Danish and Norwegian usage as the past participle of the verb tolke, meaning to interpret or translate. As a result, tolket is used both in verb forms (for example in perfect tenses such as har tolket) and as an adjective describing something that has been interpreted or translated (for example, et tolket dokument). Because it functions as a participle, tolket appears in contexts where interpretation work has been completed.

In Swedish, the corresponding past participle is tolkat, so tolket is primarily associated with Danish and Norwegian orthography and usage. The form is standard in written texts to indicate that interpretation or translation has been performed, and it can appear in both general and technical language, including legal, academic, and translation-related contexts.

Usage notes: when tolket modifies a noun, it typically behaves like a standard attributive adjective, appearing before the noun in Danish and Norwegian noun phrases (for example, et tolket dokument; tolket materiale). It also occurs in verbal constructions to express completed interpretation activities (for example, man har tolket dokumentet).

Tolket thus serves as a key link between the act of interpreting and its outcomes in Danish and Norwegian, distinguishing it from the Swedish tolkat and from other related terms in the broader Scandinavian languages. See also tolke, tolkat, translation, and interpretation.