ådra

See also: adra and adrā

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish aþra, adher, from Old Norse æðr, from Proto-Germanic *ēþrō. Cognate with Old English ǣðre, Danish åre, Norwegian åre, German Ader and Dutch ader.

Alternative forms

• åder

Noun

ådra c

1. (anatomy) vein, blood vessel
2. (biology) vein in a leaf
3. (geology) vein, strain of mineral in the ground and in stone
4. passage of water through the ground, spring (5)
5. part of names of smaller parts of rivers, for example in river deltas

Declension

Declension of ådra

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ådra	ådras
	definite	ådran	ådrans
plural	indefinite	ådror	ådrors
	definite	ådrorna	ådrornas

Synonyms

• (anatomy): blodåder
• (geology): malmåder
• (spring): källåder, källsprång
• (blood vessel, vein in a leaf, strain of mineral, spring): åder (more correct in formal language)

Related terms

• blodåder
• blodådra
• pulsåder
• åderbinda
• åderbråck
• åderförkalkning
• åderhinna
• åderklämmare
• åderlåta
• åderlåtning (“bloodletting”)
• åderpåle
• ådersnäppare
• ådrad
• ådrig
• ådring

Etymology 2

å- +‎ dra

Alternative forms

• ådraga (dated)

Verb

ådra (present ådrar, preterite ådrog, supine ådragit, imperative ådra)

1. (reflexive) to contract (a disease, illness or injury)
2. (reflexive) to incur; to expose oneself to (something harmful)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ådra (class 6 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	ådra		ådras
supine	ådragit		ådragits
imperative	ådra		—
imper. plural1	ådran		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	ådrar	ådrog	ådras	ådrogs
ind. plural1	ådra	ådrogo	ådras	ådrogos
subjunctive2	ådra	ådroge	ådras	ådroges
present participle		ådragande
past participle		ådragen

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

Conjugation of ådraga (class 6 strong, somewhat dated)

	active		passive
infinitive	ådraga		ådragas
supine	ådragit		ådragits
imperative	ådrag		—
imper. plural1	ådragen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	ådrager	ådrog	ådrages	ådrogs
ind. plural1	ådraga	ådrogo	ådragas	ådrogos
subjunctive2	ådrage	ådroge	ådrages	ådroges
present participle		ådragande
past participle		ådragen

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

References

• ådra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ådra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ådra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• ådraga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

Anagrams

• dåra, råda