gurgla

Swedish

Etymology

Likely onomatopoeic. Cognate with Danish gurgle, German gurgeln, Dutch gorgelen. Possibly related to German Gurgel and Latin gurgulio.

Verb

gurgla (present gurglar, preterite gurglade, supine gurglat, imperative gurgla)

1. to gargle (e.g. mouthwash)
2. to gurgle (make a bubbling sound)
3. (dated) to bicker (quarrel)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gurgla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	gurgla		gurglas
supine	gurglat		gurglats
imperative	gurgla		—
imper. plural1	gurglen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	gurglar	gurglade	gurglas	gurglades
ind. plural1	gurgla	gurglade	gurglas	gurglades
subjunctive2	gurgle	gurglade	gurgles	gurglades
present participle		gurglande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• gurgel

References

• gurgla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gurgla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gurgla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• gurgla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)