fräta

Swedish

A warning sign for corrosive substance.

Etymology

From Old Swedish frǣta, from Middle Low German vreten (“to eat savagely, stuff”), from Old Saxon fretan.

Verb

fräta (present fräter, preterite frätte, supine frätt, imperative frät)

1. (acid or base) corrode, to chemically damage or destroy a material with which the substance has come into contact

   Titta nu hur syran fräter sönder materialet.

   See how the acid corrodes the material.

2. have the ability to damage or destroy, corrode, a material it come into contact with (of acid or base)

   Koncentrerad saltsyra kan fräta sönder nästan allt.

   Concentrated hydrochloric acid can corrode almost anything.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fräta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	fräta		frätas
Supine	frätt		frätts
Imperative	frät		—
Imper. plural1	fräten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	fräter	frätte	fräts, frätes	frättes
Ind. plural1	fräta	frätte	frätas	frättes
Subjunctive2	fräte	frätte	frätes	frättes
	Participles
Present participle	frätande
Past participle	frätt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• fräta in Svensk ordbok.