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 | avrätta |
| Present | avrättar |
| Past | avrättade |
| Imperative | avrätta |
| Supine | avrättat |
Verbs conjugated like 'avrätta'
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 'avrätta'
anrätta,
avlätta,
avsätta,
ansätta,
aväta,
avfatta,
avglätta,
avhämta,
avhatta,
avhetta,
Translations
execute, to kill as punishment
Sample Sentences
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avrättas genom hängning (be executed by hanging)
-
avrättas i elektriska stolen (be executed by electric chair)
Additional Information
avrätta låta ett dödsstraff verkställas
[A avrättar B]
Engelsk översättning
execute, put to death
Sammansättningar/avledningar
avrättning -en---execution
Etymology
1. 1544, till fsv.
rætta, ä. nsv.
2. rätta ds., jfr mlty.
africhten ävensom
3. da.
henrette, ty.
hinrichten o. under
4. skarprättare. — Förr bl. a. även
5. 'dressera' (djur) o. d., motsv. i da. o. ty.
6. jfr d.
afrette, nor. avretta, mnt. africhten, t.
abrichten References:
1
7. Equivalent to av- + rätta. Originally from Old Swedish rætta (“execute”), from Old Norse rétta, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną. Prefixed by analogy to Middle Low German africhten. Compare Danish afrette, Norwegian avretta, German abrichten. See: Proto-Germanic '
*rihtijaną', Danish '
afrette', German, old spelling '
abrichten'.
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.