In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | dekretera |
| Present | dekreterar |
| Past | dekreterade |
| Imperative | dekretera |
| Supine | dekreterat |
Verbs conjugated like 'dekretera'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dekretera'
sekretera,
dekantera,
dekartera,
dekatera,
dekortera,
dekreditera,
dekrepitera,
deprecera,
rekreera,
rekrytera,
Translations
decree, to command by a decree
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Samtidigt med krigsutbrottet dekreterades absolut brännvinsförbud. (At the outbreak of war, an absolute ban on brandy was decreed.)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. jfr holl. decreteeren, t. dekretieren, af fr. décréter, afl. af décret (se DEKRET); jfr äfv. eng. decree References:
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2. From dekret + -era, from French décréter, cognate with Dutch decreteeren and German dekretieren, used in Swedish since 1619. See: French '
décréter', Dutch '
decreteeren', German, old spelling '
dekretieren'.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.