vidmakthålla

Swedish

vid +‎ makt +‎ hålla, from the now less common expression hålla vid makt.

vidmakthålla (present vidmakthåller, preterite vidmakthöll, supine vidmakthållit, imperative vidmakthåll)

maintain, perpetuate, sustain
De vidmakthöll sitt kebabsåsmonopol
They maintained their kebab sauce monopoly

Conjugation of vidmakthålla (class 7 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vidmakthålla		vidmakthållas
Supine	vidmakthållit		vidmakthållits
Imperative	vidmakthåll		—
Imper. plural¹	vidmakthållen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	vidmakthåller	vidmakthöll	vidmakthålls, vidmakthålles	vidmakthölls
Ind. plural¹	vidmakthålla	vidmakthöllo	vidmakthållas	vidmakthöllos
Subjunctive²	vidmakthålle	vidmakthölle	vidmakthålles	vidmakthölles
	Participles
Present participle	vidmakthållande
Past participle	vidmakthållen
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.