meddela

Swedish

Etymology

med +‎ dela

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meː(d)dela/

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Verb

meddela (present meddelar, preterite meddelade, supine meddelat, imperative meddela)

1. to communicate, to notify ((transitive) To give (someone) notice of (something))

Usage notes

• Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

Conjugation

Conjugation of meddela (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	meddela		meddelas
supine	meddelat		meddelats
imperative	meddela		—
imper. plural1	meddelen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	meddelar	meddelade	meddelas	meddelades
ind. plural1	meddela	meddelade	meddelas	meddelades
subjunctive2	meddele	meddelade	meddeles	meddelades
present participle		meddelande
past participle		meddelad

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

Related terms

• meddelare

Further reading

• meddela in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• medlade