rekommendera

Rekommendera is a Swedish verb meaning to recommend or to advise. It is a transitive verb that takes a direct object (the person or thing being recommended) and can also be followed by a clause introduced by att to express the recommended action. The noun form related to the action is rekommendation, or the adjective form is rekommenderad when describing something that is recommended.

Conjugation and usage: the infinitive is rekommendera; present tense rekommenderar; past tense rekommenderade; supine rekommenderat; past participle and common participle form is rekommenderad. Passive present is rekommenderas. The imperative is rekommendera. Common constructions include: Jag rekommenderar den här boken. (I recommend this book.) Jag rekommenderade honom att läsa boken. (I recommended that he read the book.) Det rekommenderas att du tar den här kursen. (It is recommended that you take this course.)

Notes on nuance: rekommendera implies a stronger or more considered suggestion than simply föreslå (to propose). In formal writing, it frequently appears in guidelines or advisories with the impersonal construction Det rekommenderas. The verb can also take an indirect object indicating the recipient of the recommendation, as in Jag rekommenderade honom.

Etymology and related forms: rekommendera derives from Latin recommendare, passing into Swedish via Romance or Germanic languages. Related words include rekommendation (a recommendation) and rekommenderad (adjective: recommended).