utlöstes

Utlöstes is a Swedish grammatical form derived from the verb utlösa, which means to trigger, release, or unleash. The form utlöstes is the past tense passive form used to indicate that something was triggered or released by some cause. In technical and scientific writing, it is common to encounter phrases such as “händelsen utlöstes av” or “signalen utlöstes av en felkälla,” meaning the event or signal was triggered by a fault or cause.

Grammatical usage of utlöstes occurs in the passive voice to describe events that were brought about by an external factor. It can function in predicative position after a subject, as in “Händelsen utlöstes av fel i systemet,” and it can appear in clauses that report results or consequences. In attributive position, its participial form may appear in agreement with a neuter singular noun, though Swedish speakers often use the present or past active forms in everyday language depending on style and register.

Contexts and meaning: utlösa and utlösning cover triggering and release across fields such as engineering, physics, computing, and medicine. The term is also used in more general and metaphorical senses to describe events or reactions that have been set in motion. Caution is advised in non-technical contexts due to potential ambiguity with senses such as ejaculation in sexual terminology; in technical writing, the meaning is clearly “triggered” or “caused.”

See also: utlösning, utlösa, utlösare.