abstrahera
Swedish
Etymology
abstrakt + -era. Compare attrahera, distrahera, extrahera, kontrahera, subtrahera.
Verb
abstrahera (present abstraherar, preterite abstraherade, supine abstraherat, imperative abstrahera)
- to abstract; to remove from what's irrelevant, to concentrate on what is relevant
- to think in abstract terms
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | abstrahera | abstraheras | ||
| supine | abstraherat | abstraherats | ||
| imperative | abstrahera | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | abstraheren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | abstraherar | abstraherade | abstraheras | abstraherades |
| ind. plural1 | abstrahera | abstraherade | abstraheras | abstraherades |
| subjunctive2 | abstrahere | abstraherade | abstraheres | abstraherades |
| present participle | abstraherande | |||
| past participle | abstraherad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.