ersätta
See also: ersatta
Swedish
Etymology
From German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, Old High German irsetzen, irsezzen. Equivalent to er- + sätta. Cognate with Danish ersætte †, Luxembourgish ersetzen, Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ussatjan) and Old English āsettan.
Pronunciation
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Verb
ersätta (present ersätter, preterite ersatte, supine ersatt, imperative ersätt)
- to replace (substitute)
- Den trasiga högtalaren ersattes med en ny
- The broken speaker was replaced with a new one
- Han blir svår att ersätta
- He will be hard to replace
- to compensate
- Han ersattes för skadorna på bilen
- He was compensated for the damage to the car
Conjugation
Conjugation of ersätta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | ersätta | ersättas | ||
| Supine | ersatt | ersatts | ||
| Imperative | ersätt | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | ersätten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | ersätter | ersatte | ersätts, ersättes | ersattes |
| Ind. plural1 | ersätta | ersatte | ersättas | ersattes |
| Subjunctive2 | ersätte | ersatte | ersättes | ersattes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | ersättande | |||
| Past participle | ersatt | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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