ägda

ägda is a Swedish adjective formed from the verb äga, meaning to own. It is the past participle form used as an attributive descriptor to indicate that something is owned by someone else. In ordinary and formal language it commonly appears before nouns in plural or definite contexts, for example: ägda företag (owned companies), ägda fastigheter (owned properties), ägda aktier (owned shares).

In passive constructions the related form ägt is used, as in Företaget är helt ägt av en riskkapitalfirma (The company is wholly owned by a venture capital firm). Thus ägd(a) serves primarily to modify nouns, while ägt functions in passive voice constructions.

Etymology and usage context: ägda derives from the verb äga with the participial suffix -da. The word is widely used in business, real estate, and legal language to describe property, assets, or entities that are under someone else’s ownership. It conveys possession rather than a sense of personal ownership by the speaker and is common in documentation, reports, and formal descriptions.

Relation to related terms: äga is the verb meaning “to own.” Ägande is the noun form meaning “ownership.” Egen (or eget in neuter form) is a related concept that denotes something that belongs to the subject themselves, rather than to someone else.

See also: äga, ägande, egen.