mumla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish mumbla, from Middle Low German mummelen, originally onomatopoeic. Compare German mümmeln, Dutch mompelen, English mumble.
Verb
[edit]mumla (present mumlar, preterite mumlade, supine mumlat, imperative mumla)
- to mumble (to speak unintelligibly)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mumla | mumlas | ||
| supine | mumlat | mumlats | ||
| imperative | mumla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | mumlen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | mumlar | mumlade | mumlas | mumlades |
| ind. plural1 | mumla | mumlade | mumlas | mumlades |
| subjunctive2 | mumle | mumlade | mumles | mumlades |
| present participle | mumlande | |||
| past participle | mumlad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mumla in Svensk ordbok.
- mumla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)