dekretera

Swedish

Etymology

From dekret +‎ -era, from French décréter, cognate with Dutch decreteeren and German dekretieren, used in Swedish since 1619.

Verb

dekretera (present dekreterar, preterite dekreterade, supine dekreterat, imperative dekretera)

  1. to decree, command by decree
    Samtidigt med krigsutbrottet dekreterades absolut brännvinsförbud.
    At the outbreak of war, an absolute ban on brandy was decreed.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dekretera (weak)
active passive
infinitive dekretera dekreteras
supine dekreterat dekreterats
imperative dekretera —
imper. plural1 dekreteren —
present past present past
indicative dekreterar dekreterade dekreteras dekreterades
ind. plural1 dekretera dekreterade dekreteras dekreterades
subjunctive2 dekretere dekreterade dekreteres dekreterades
present participle dekreterande
past participle dekreterad

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

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References

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