återberättade

Återberättade is the past tense form of the Swedish verb återberätta, meaning to tell again or to retell. It can also function as a past participle used as an adjective, describing something that has been retold. In everyday Swedish, sentences such as “Hon återberättade historien för klassen” illustrate the finite form, while phrases like “en återberättad saga” or “återberättade sagor” show its use as an attributive participle.

Etymology and formation: återberätta is built from åter- meaning again and berätta meaning to tell. The past tense is formed with the suffix -de, producing återberättade for the third-person singular and plural past tense. The form can appear in various contexts, including narratives, summaries, and reported speech.

Grammatical notes: Återberättade can function as a finite verb form (past tense) or as a past participle used alongside a noun. As a participle, it agrees with the noun in number and definiteness, yielding constructions such as en återberättad historia (a retold story) or de återberättade historierna (the retold stories). The related noun is återberättande, referring to the act or process of retelling.

Usage and nuance: The term emphasizes that content has been conveyed again, potentially with changes or emphasis differing from the original retelling. It is common in literary analysis, media reporting, and educational contexts where a version of a text or story has been recounted to an audience. It is distinct from omberätta, which more generally means to tell again and may carry subtle differences in emphasis or completeness.