Praktiserar

Praktiserar is the present tense form of the Swedish verb praktisera, meaning to practice or to perform professionally. The infinitive is att praktisera. In the present tense, the forms are jag praktiserar, du praktiserar, han/hon praktiserar, vi praktiserar, ni praktiserar, de praktiserar. The past tense is praktiserade, and the supine is praktiserat. The imperative form is praktisera.

Praktiserar is used when describing someone who conducts their professional work or applies knowledge in real-world situations. It can refer to practicing a profession, such as medicine, law, or engineering, as in “hon praktiserar som läkare.” It can also describe the act of applying or implementing a method or principle, for example “forskaren praktiserar en ny metod.” In everyday language it often carries the sense of ongoing, regular application rather than a one-off action.

Grammatical notes: praktisera is a regular -era verb in Swedish. In addition to the present form praktiserar, related forms include praktiserade (past), praktiserat (supine), and praktisering (the act of practicing). The verb is sometimes contrasted with öva (to practise in the sense of training or rehearsing a skill) and utöva (to exercise or perform as a profession), where aktiva use cases may vary by context.

Etymology: the Swedish praktisera/praktiserar originates from the word to practice in a general sense, with influences commonly traced to the French pratiquer or related Germanic forms, adapted to Swedish spelling and pronunciation.

See also: practical, praktik, utöva, öva.