skramla

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish skrambla.

Verb

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skramla (present skramlar, preterite skramlade, supine skramlat, imperative skramla)

  1. (sometimes impersonal) to rattle with harsh or metallic sounds
    Tomma tunnor skramlar mest
    Empty barrels rattle the most (proverb)
    Han skramlade med bössan
    He rattled the moneybox
    Det skramlade om bössan
    They moneybox was rattling ("It rattled about the moneybox")
    sabelskrammel
    saber-rattling
  2. to collect (a smaller amount of) money for some purpose
    Vi skramlar till en klassresa
    We're collecting money for a class trip
    Vi lyckades skramla ihop 1000 kr
    We managed to collect 1000 SEK

Conjugation

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Noun

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skramla c

  1. something (especially a toy) that can be made to rattle with harsh or metallic sounds

Declension

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