väcktes

Väcktes is the past tense passive form of the Swedish verb väcka, meaning to wake or awaken. It denotes that the subject was awakened by an agent, typically introduced with av. The form is used both in concrete waking (someone was awakened) and in metaphorical senses (an interest or a debate was awakened).

In Swedish, the active past tense is väckte, while the passive past tense is väcktes. The present passive is väcks, and the perfect passive is har väckts. The passive voice can be used in an impersonal sense, as in det väcktes en diskussion, or with an explicit agent introduced by av, as in han väcktes av alarmet.

Usage and nuance: väcktes is common in written Swedish and formal narration, including journalism, history, and literature. In everyday speech, many speakers opt for the periphrastic blekvi konstruktion\u2014for example, hon blev väckt av alarmet (she was awakened by the alarm) instead of hon väcktes av alarmet. The verb väcka can also mean to arouse interest, concern, or controversy, and väcktes can convey that broader awakening occurred.

Related forms and notes: Väcker (present), väckte (past active), väckt (past participle), and har väckts (present perfect passive) are all commonly encountered. The form väcktes reinforces a passive interpretation of waking or arousing, and its use helps shift focus from the agent to the experience of the subject being awakened or the phenomenon being aroused.