upprepades

Upprepades is a Swedish term that serves as the past passive form of the verb upprepa, meaning to repeat. It is used to indicate that something was repeated, without specifying who performed the repetition. In English, the form corresponds to was repeated or were repeated.

Usage and meaning: Upprepades appears when the action of repeating affects the subject and is described in the past. It can refer to words, statements, events, or actions that occurred more than once. The form is common in formal writing, journalism, and academic texts, but it also occurs in everyday language when describing past repetition.

Grammar notes: In Swedish, present passive is upprepas, while the past passive is upprepades. The related active forms include upprepar (present) and upprepade (past). The present perfect passive is upprepats (as in har upprepats), and the past perfect passive is hade upprepats. These forms allow Swedish speakers to express passive repetition across different tenses.

Examples:

- Frågan upprepades flera gånger i rapporten. (The question was repeated several times in the report.)

- Ordet upprepades i texten, vilket förstärkte dess betydelse.

Relation to related terms: Upprepades is closely tied to upprepa (to repeat) and to related expressions for reiteration or repetition, such as återupprepa. It functions within the broader Swedish passive voice system and can be contrasted with active forms to emphasize the receiver of the repetition.

Etymology: The form derives from upprepa plus the standard Swedish passive past suffix, aligning with other verbs that form the past passive in a similar way.