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avrätta

execute, put to death

Meaning

execute; put to death

In Swedish: låta ett dödsstraff verkställas

Conjugation

Conjugation of avrätta (execute)
Infinitive	att avrätta	to execute
Present	avrättar	jag avrättar
Past	avrättade	jag avrättade
Supine	avrättat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har avrättat	jag har avrättat
Past perfect	hade avrättat	jag hade avrättat
Future	ska avrätta	or: kommer att avrätta
Conditional	skulle avrätta	jag skulle avrätta
Imperative	avrätta!	a command
Present participle	avrättande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	avrättad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of avrätta
Infinitive	avrättas
Present	avrättas
Past	avrättades
Supine	avrättats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use avrättar. See the four verb groups explained.

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avrätta in a sentence

avrättas genom hängning
be executed by hanging
avrättas i elektriska stolen
be executed by electric chair

Questions

What does avrätta mean in English?

avrätta means “execute, put to death”.

What is the past tense of avrätta?

The past tense of avrätta is avrättade (“jag avrättade”). The supine is avrättat, used in “jag har avrättat”.

What is the present tense of avrätta?

avrättar, the same for every person: jag avrättar, du avrättar, vi avrättar.

Similar words

hängaarkebusera

Origin

Equivalent to av- + rätta.

Nearby common words

avrätta is number 3,116 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,112öh uh (expression of uncertainty), hey, oi (when trying to get someone's attention)
3,113störta overthrow, bring down
3,114följande following
3,115angel a pike hook
3,117skett taken place, come about
3,118negativ negative
3,119dumhet stupidity, thoughtlessness
3,120nagel nail

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary