konstruera
Swedish edit
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Verb edit
konstruera (present konstruerar, preterite konstruerade, supine konstruerat, imperative konstruera)
- to design (and possibly participate in constructing)
- Den nya modellen är konstruerad av Nisse
- The new model is designed by Nisse
- to construct (put together / "design" from parts, usually of something more abstract)
- konstruera korsord
- construct crosswords
- konstruera meningar
- construct sentences
- (geometry) to construct
Usage notes edit
Usually of design work, making blueprints, etc., rather than (solely) physical construction (where it might be considered Swenglish by some): construction of an abstract "model" rather than the physical object itself. For physical construction, bygga (“build”) is the usual word. See also sätta ihop, uppföra, and montera.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of konstruera (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | konstruera | konstrueras | ||
Supine | konstruerat | konstruerats | ||
Imperative | konstruera | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | konstrueren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | konstruerar | konstruerade | konstrueras | konstruerades |
Ind. plural1 | konstruera | konstruerade | konstrueras | konstruerades |
Subjunctive2 | konstruere | konstruerade | konstrueres | konstruerades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | konstruerande | |||
Past participle | konstruerad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
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See also edit
- bygga (“build”)