undersökta

Undersökta is a Swedish word that functions as the past participle of the verb undersöka, meaning to investigate or examine. In practice, undersökta is most often used as an adjective meaning “investigated” or “examined,” and it agrees with the noun it describes in number and definiteness. The root verb undersöka is common in academic, medical, legal and governmental language.

Morphology and usage: The participle undersökt is the form used inside compound tenses (for example, har undersökt, have examined). The past tense passive of the verb is undersöktes: “Fallet undersöktes av polisen” (The case was investigated). The attributive plural form undersökta is used before plural nouns: “undersökta data,” “de undersökta fallen.” In singular definite form you can have “den undersökta studien” or “det undersökta området,” depending on the gender and definiteness of the noun.

Examples: “Forskningen bygger på undersökta data.” “De undersökta fallen visar en klar trend.” These usages show how undersökta functions as a descriptive label for material or cases that have been examined.

Origin and related terms: Undersökta derives from undersöka plus the standard past participle ending -ta; related words include undersökning (investigation, examination) and undersökande (the present participle, “investigating”).

See also: undersöka, undersökning, undersökande.