meritera

Swedish

Etymology

merit +‎ -era

Verb

meritera (present meriterar, preterite meriterade, supine meriterat, imperative meritera)

1. to make (someone) (more) qualified (especially for a job, position, or the like), to qualify (someone)

   Att ha arbetat i kök tidigare är meriterande

   Having worked in a kitchen before is an advantage (makes someone more likely to qualify for the job)

2. (reflexive) to make oneself more qualified, like above

Conjugation

Conjugation of meritera (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	meritera		meriteras
supine	meriterat		meriterats
imperative	meritera		—
imper. plural1	meriteren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	meriterar	meriterade	meriteras	meriterades
ind. plural1	meritera	meriterade	meriteras	meriterades
subjunctive2	meritere	meriterade	meriteres	meriterades
present participle		meriterande
past participle		meriterad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• meriterad

References

• “meritera”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “meritera”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “meritera”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)