Learn Swedish: Övertygelsen skapades av samhället. - The conviction was created by the society.

Övertygelsen skapades av samhället.

The conviction was created by the society.

Breakdown of Övertygelsen skapades av samhället.

of, by / from (cause)

Questions & Answers about Övertygelsen skapades av samhället.

How does the suffix -else work in the word övertygelsen?

It turns the verb övertyga (to convince) into the abstract noun övertygelse (conviction). Nouns ending in -else are almost always en-words, which is why the definite form (the conviction) takes the -n ending to become övertygelsen.

Why is there an -s at the end of skapades?

This is the s-passive form. The active past tense of the verb is skapade (created). Adding an -s makes it passive: skapades (was created). This form is very common in Swedish when focusing on what happened rather than who did it.

Is av the standard preposition to mean 'by' in passive sentences like this one?

Yes, when you want to state the agent (the person or thing doing the action) in a passive Swedish sentence, you use av. Even though av often translates to 'of' or 'off' in other contexts, here it directly matches the English 'by'.

I sometimes mix up the definite endings. Why does samhället end in just -t?

Samhälle (society) is an ett-word that already ends in a vowel. To make it definite (the society), you only need to add a -t instead of the full -et suffix you would use for ett-words that end in a consonant.