overträda
Överträda is a Swedish verb meaning to violate, transgress, or breach a rule, law, contract, or obligation. It is used as a transitive verb, typically with a direct object such as lagen (the law), en regel (a rule), or ett avtal (a contract). The term is common in formal, administrative, and legal language, and its English equivalents include to violate, to breach, or to contravene.
Orthography and variants: The standard Swedish spelling uses the umlaut ö, so the form is överträda. In
Usage and register: Överträda is relatively formal and often used in legal or official discourse. In everyday
Legal and ethical sense: In legal contexts, överträda denotes a breach of statutory duties or binding obligations.
Notes: This article focuses on Swedish usage. The concept has cognates in other Scandinavian languages, reflecting