meritera
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]meritera (present meriterar, preterite meriterade, supine meriterat, imperative meritera)
- to make (someone) (more) qualified (especially for a job, position, or the like), to qualify (someone)
- Att ha arbetat i kök tidigare är meriterande
- Having worked in a kitchen before is an advantage (makes someone more likely to qualify for the job)
- (reflexive) to make oneself more qualified, like above
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of meritera (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | meritera | meriteras | ||
| Supine | meriterat | meriterats | ||
| Imperative | meritera | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | meriteren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | meriterar | meriterade | meriteras | meriterades |
| Ind. plural1 | meritera | meriterade | meriteras | meriterades |
| Subjunctive2 | meritere | meriterade | meriteres | meriterades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | meriterande | |||
| Past participle | meriterad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||