konstruera

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

konstruera (present konstruerar, preterite konstruerade, supine konstruerat, imperative konstruera)

1. to design (and possibly participate in constructing)

   Den nya modellen är konstruerad av Nisse

   The new model is designed by Nisse

2. to construct (put together / "design" from parts, usually of something more abstract)

   konstruera korsord

   construct crosswords

   konstruera meningar

   construct sentences

3. (geometry) to construct

Usage notes

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

Conjugation of konstruera (weak)

	active		passive
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
present participle		konstruerande
past participle		konstruerad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• konstruktion
• konstruktör
• rekonstruera
• struktur

See also

• bygga (“build”)

References

• konstruera in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• konstruera in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• konstruera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)