kontrahera

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)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of kontrahera (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	kontrahera	kontraheras
Present tense	kontraherar	kontraheras
Past tense	kontraherade	kontraherades
Supine	kontraherat	kontraherats
Imperative	kontrahera	—
Present participle	kontraherande
Past participle	kontraherad

Related terms

kontrahent
kontrahering
kontraktion

See also

attrahera
kontrakt
kontraktera
kontraktil
kontraktur
trakt

References

kontrahera in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
kontrahera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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