upplevt

Upplevt is the past participle of the Swedish verb uppleva, meaning to experience. It denotes that someone has experienced something and is commonly used to form perfect and pluperfect tenses, such as har upplevt or hade upplevt.

In usage, upplevt appears with auxiliary verbs to indicate completed experience. For example, Jag har upplevt många olika kulturer. Vi hade upplevt liknande situationer tidigare. In narrative past, the simple past form upplevde is used as the finite verb, while upplevt is reserved for compound tenses with har, hade, and similar constructions.

The term covers experiences that can be physical, emotional, or intellectual. It often describes encounters during travel, participation in events, or exposure to people and cultures. Examples include resor, konserter, festivaler, nya livssituationer, and kulturella upplevelser.

Etymology and sense: upplevt stems from the verb uppleva, built from the prefix upp- added to leva (to live). The combination conveys experiencing something firsthand or personally undergoing an event or condition.

Related terms include upplevelse (a noun meaning “experience”) and upplevelser (its plural). Uppleva and upplevelse are common in Swedish discourse about personal or collective experiences, travel, culture, and memories. The form upplevt is a standard, widely used participle in contemporary Swedish.