inbilla
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German inbilden, equivalent to German einbilden. The German word is perhaps from Latin imaginor. Compare Danish indbilde.
Verb
[edit]inbilla (present inbillar, preterite inbillade, supine inbillat, imperative inbilla)
- (reflexive) to (falsely) imagine
- du inbillar dig
- you're imagining things
- to convince (of something false)
- inbilla någon något
- convince someone of something (false)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of inbilla (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | inbilla | inbillas | ||
Supine | inbillat | inbillats | ||
Imperative | inbilla | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | inbillen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | inbillar | inbillade | inbillas | inbillades |
Ind. plural1 | inbilla | inbillade | inbillas | inbillades |
Subjunctive2 | inbille | inbillade | inbilles | inbillades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | inbillande | |||
Past participle | inbillad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |