ersätta

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See also: ersatta

Swedish

Etymology

From German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, Old High German irsetzen, irsezzen. Equivalent to er- +‎ sätta. Cognate with Danish ersætte †, Luxembourgish ersetzen, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ussatjan) and Old English āsettan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

ersätta (present ersätter, preterite ersatte, supine ersatt, imperative ersätt)

  1. to replace (substitute)
    Den trasiga högtalaren ersattes med en ny
    The broken speaker was replaced with a new one
    Han blir svår att ersätta
    He will be hard to replace
  2. to compensate
    Han ersattes för skadorna på bilen
    He was compensated for the damage to the car

Conjugation

Conjugation of ersätta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive ersätta ersättas
Supine ersatt ersatts
Imperative ersätt —
Imper. plural1 ersätten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative ersätter ersatte ersätts, ersättes ersattes
Ind. plural1 ersätta ersatte ersättas ersattes
Subjunctive2 ersätte ersatte ersättes ersattes
Participles
Present participle ersättande
Past participle ersatt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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