utforma

Utforma is a Swedish verb meaning to design or shape something. It is used to describe the process of planning, creating, and arranging the form or function of an object, system, or presentation. In everyday and professional language, utforma is commonly applied to product design, graphic design, architecture, interior design, and user interfaces, among other fields.

The term is built from the prefix ut-, meaning outward or resulting in, combined with forma, which denotes form. The root forma has a long-standing presence in many European languages and historically refers to the creation of outward appearance or structure. The combined sense is to give something its outward form or to design its function.

In Swedish grammar, utforma is a regular -a verb. Its present tense is utformar, with past tense utformade and supine or past participle utformat. As an adjective, the related form utformad describes something that has been designed or shaped.

As a word, utforma is also used in branding and publication within Swedish-speaking communities, where it can appear as a company name, project title, or thematic descriptor. It commonly appears in contexts that emphasize practical creation, aesthetics, and purposeful invention.