erhålla
Swedish
Etymology
From German erhalten. Cognate with Danish erholde and Norwegian Bokmål erholde. Equivalent to er- + hålla.
Verb
erhålla
Usage notes
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation
Conjugation of erhålla (class 7 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | erhålla | erhållas | ||
| Supine | erhållit | erhållits | ||
| Imperative | erhåll | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | erhållen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | erhåller | erhöll | erhålls, erhålles | erhölls |
| Ind. plural1 | erhålla | erhöllo | erhållas | erhöllos |
| Subjunctive2 | erhålle | erhölle | erhålles | erhölles |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | erhållande | |||
| Past participle | erhållen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||