kontrahera
Swedish
editEtymology
editCognate with German kontrahieren, from Latin contrahere (to contract), used in Swedish since 1633.
Verb
editkontrahera (present kontraherar, preterite kontraherade, supine kontraherat, imperative kontrahera)
- (medicine, linguistics) to contract, to shrink, to shorten, to abridge
- (law, business) to contract, to enter a contract with, to sign an agreement
- (obsolete, medicine) to contract, to acquire (an illness)
Conjugation
editConjugation of kontrahera (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kontrahera | kontraheras | ||
| Supine | kontraherat | kontraherats | ||
| Imperative | kontrahera | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | kontraheren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kontraherar | kontraherade | kontraheras | kontraherades |
| Ind. plural1 | kontrahera | kontraherade | kontraheras | kontraherades |
| Subjunctive2 | kontrahere | kontraherade | kontraheres | kontraherades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kontraherande | |||
| Past participle | kontraherad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||