mildra

Old Norse

Adjective

mildra

1. strong masculine/feminine/neuter genitive plural of mildr

Swedish

Etymology

mild (“mild”) +‎ -ra (“-en”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪlˈdra/

Verb

mildra (present mildrar, preterite mildrade, supine mildrat, imperative mildra)

1. to make (something) less severe; to mitigate, to alleviate, to soften

   Straffet mildrades till tre år

   The sentence was reduced to three years

   Den nya metoden mildrar miljöeffekterna

   The new method mitigates the environmental impact

Conjugation

Conjugation of mildra (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	mildra		mildras
supine	mildrat		mildrats
imperative	mildra		—
imper. plural1	mildren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	mildrar	mildrade	mildras	mildrades
ind. plural1	mildra	mildrade	mildras	mildrades
subjunctive2	mildre	mildrade	mildres	mildrades
present participle		mildrande
past participle		mildrad

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

Derived terms

• förmildrande

See also

• lindra

References

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