prassla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German prasseln, originally onomatopoeic.
Verb
[edit]prassla (present prasslar, preterite prasslade, supine prasslat, imperative prassla)
- to rustle, to crinkle (of or like dry leaves or paper set in motion – sometimes of doing something that produces such a sound)
- prasslande löv
- rustling leaves
- slippa prassla med sedlar
- not have to fiddle ("crinkle") with bills
- prasslande när hunden sätter sig i Ikea-kassen
- crinkling noise when the dog sits down in the IKEA bag
- (figuratively, colloquial) to philander
- Synonym: vänsterprassla
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prassla | prasslas | ||
| supine | prasslat | prasslats | ||
| imperative | prassla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | prasslen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | prasslar | prasslade | prasslas | prasslades |
| ind. plural1 | prassla | prasslade | prasslas | prasslades |
| subjunctive2 | prassle | prasslade | prassles | prasslades |
| present participle | prasslande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- rassla (“rustle (usually of or like something metallic)”)
References
[edit]- prassla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- prassla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- prassla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- prassla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)