kontrahera
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with German kontrahieren, from Latin contrahere (to contract), used in Swedish since 1633.
Verb
[edit]kontrahera (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
[edit]| 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 |
| present participle | kontraherande | |||
| past participle | kontraherad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.