dräneras

Dräneras is the present passive form of the Swedish verb dränera, meaning to drain or to be drained of liquid. The term denotes the removal of liquid from a substance, space, or body, often to prevent accumulation or to enable proper functioning of a system. It is used across several domains, including soil management, medicine, and everyday language.

In agriculture and civil engineering, dränering refers to removing excess water from soil to prevent waterlogging and to improve cultivation conditions. Drainage systems, such as ditches, tiles, and pipes, are implemented to keep land adequately dry, and fields or soils are described as dräneras when water is being removed. In a medical context, dränering describes the process of removing fluid from a wound or body cavity, typically using a drain; a wound or cavity that is dräneras indicates that drainage is taking place or is planned.

The form is part of a broader drainage vocabulary in Swedish. The related noun dränering and the verb forms dränerar (present active) and dränerades/dränerats (past and past participle) are commonly used in both technical and everyday language. Etymologically, the term is linked to the concept of draining and shares cognates with related Germanic languages, reflecting a shared semantic field around liquid removal.

See also: dränering, avvattning, avlopp, jorddränering.