trycktes

Trycktes is a Swedish verb form that functions as the simple past passive of the verb trycka, meaning to press or to print. In use, trycktes denotes that something has been printed or produced by a printing process, rather than by hand. It is commonly found in contexts involving books, newspapers, and other printed materials.

Grammatically, trycktes is the past passive form. The present passive is trycks, the past passive is trycktes, and the perfect passive is har/ hade tryckts (for example, Boken har tryckts). These forms reflect the range of passive constructions available in Swedish for describing completed printing actions.

Etymology and related forms: trycka derives from older Swedish and Nordic forms meaning to press. The root is related to other Germanic languages and cognate to words meaning press or print in Norwegian, Danish, and German. The noun tryck, meaning pressure or print, is closely connected to the verb form and the concept of printing as a production act.

Usage and context: trycktes appears mainly in written texts, such as historical records, publishing notes, or journalistic language, when describing past printing events. In contemporary Swedish, speakers may prefer the present perfect passive har tryckts for describing a completed printing action with relevance to the present, while trycktes remains common in narrative or formal past-tense descriptions.

See also: trycka, tryckta, tryck-, printing, passive voice, Swedish grammar.