befrakta

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German befrachten, or from Dutch bevrachten. Cognate of Danish befragte. By surface analysis, be- +‎ frakta. First attested in 1723.

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befrakta (present befraktar, preterite befraktade, supine befraktat, imperative befrakta)

  1. freight, charter (hire a boat to use it for shipping)

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