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Noun

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ramsa c

  1. a set string of words or syllables (often more or less ritualistic in nature); a rhyme, a formula, an incantation, etc.
    en magisk ramsa
    a magical rhyme (for example)
    en ramsa för att komma ihåg planeternas ordning
    a rhyme to remember the order of the planets
    en näverbit, på vilken han skrivit upp ramsan, som han måste läsa innan han lade pengen i källan
    a piece of birch bark, on which he had written the formula, that he must read before he put the coin in the well
    1. a nursery rhyme (when not a song)
      Synonym: barnramsa
    2. a chant (in support of a competitor at a sports event)
      Synonym: hejaramsa
  2. (figuratively) an utterance reminiscent of the above (through being more or less set, meaningless, rhyme-like, or the like)
    den gamla vanliga ramsan om hur orättvist det är att han inte alltid får göra precis som han vill
    the old refrain about how unfair it is that he doesn't always get to do exactly what he wants
    svära en ramsa
    utter a string of curses

Declension

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Declension of ramsa
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ramsa ramsas
definite ramsan ramsans
plural indefinite ramsor ramsors
definite ramsorna ramsornas

Derived terms

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Verb

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ramsa (present ramsar, preterite ramsade, supine ramsat, imperative ramsa)

  1. to read a formula or nursery rhyme, to speak a lot with little meaning
    och han ramsade rägglor om häxor och troll och om irrfärder rakt bort i stoll
    and he read rhymes of witches and trolls and of lost journeys straight into insanity

Conjugation

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Conjugation of ramsa (weak)
active passive
infinitive ramsa —
supine ramsat —
imperative ramsa —
imper. plural1 ramsen —
present past present past
indicative ramsar ramsade — —
ind. plural1 ramsa ramsade — —
subjunctive2 ramse ramsade — —
present participle ramsande
past participle —

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

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