dekretera
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dekret + -era, from French décréter, cognate with Dutch decreteeren and German dekretieren, used in Swedish since 1619.
Verb
[edit]dekretera (present dekreterar, preterite dekreterade, supine dekreterat, imperative dekretera)
- to decree, command by decree
- Samtidigt med krigsutbrottet dekreterades absolut brännvinsförbud.
- At the outbreak of war, an absolute ban on brandy was decreed.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of dekretera (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | dekretera | dekreteras | ||
| Supine | dekreterat | dekreterats | ||
| Imperative | dekretera | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | dekreteren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | dekreterar | dekreterade | dekreteras | dekreterades |
| Ind. plural1 | dekretera | dekreterade | dekreteras | dekreterades |
| Subjunctive2 | dekretere | dekreterade | dekreteres | dekreterades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | dekreterande | |||
| Past participle | dekreterad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||