ökat

Ökat is the past participle of the Swedish verb öka, meaning to increase. It is used to describe that something has become larger, more numerous, or greater in degree. In verb phrases, it forms part of perfect tenses with the auxiliary verb ha, such as har ökat or hade ökat, to express that an increase has occurred. For example, Antalet har ökat and Kostnaderna har ökat jämfört med föregående år.

As an attributive adjective, ökat is used with neuter singular nouns introduced by ett, such as ett ökat antal or ett ökat intresse. For common gender singular nouns the corresponding form is usually ökAd, as in en ökad risk or en ökad försäljning. In plural usage, the adjective form typically becomes ökade, for example ökade kostnader eller ökade intressen. The choice of form depends on the gender and number of the noun it modifies.

Common contexts for the form ökat include statistics, economics, policy discussion, and journalism, where phrasing such as “an increased number of X” or “sales have increased” is common. The distinction between ökat and ökAd is primarily grammatical, relating to whether the noun is neuter (ett) or common gender (en) and whether the noun is singular or plural.

In summary, ökat is the verb’s past participle used to indicate increases in verb phrases, and it also serves as an attributive adjective with neuter nouns, while related forms like ökAd and ökade handle attribution to common gender or plural nouns.