fladdra
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to English flounder (“to flap around”), related to several other Germanic words beginning with fl.
Verb
[edit]fladdra (present fladdrar, preterite fladdrade, supine fladdrat, imperative fladdra)
- to flutter (like a flag in the wind or a butterfly), to move here and there, to be unsteady
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fladdra | — | ||
| supine | fladdrat | — | ||
| imperative | fladdra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | fladdren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | fladdrar | fladdrade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | fladdra | fladdrade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | fladdre | fladdrade | — | — |
| present participle | fladdrande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Walter W[illiam] Skeat (1910) An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new (4th) revised and enlarged edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Clarendon Press, published 1963, →OCLC, page 213.