kontrahera

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Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with German kontrahieren, from Latin contrahere (to contract), used in Swedish since 1633.

Verb

kontrahera (present kontraherar, preterite kontraherade, supine kontraherat, imperative kontrahera)

  1. (medicine, linguistics) to contract, to shrink, to shorten, to abridge
  2. (law, business) to contract, to enter a contract with, to sign an agreement
  3. (obsolete, medicine) to contract, to acquire (an illness)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kontrahera (weak)
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.

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