rassla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German rasseln, onomatopoeic.
Verb
[edit]rassla (present rasslar, preterite rasslade, supine rasslat, imperative rassla)
- to rustle (usually of or like something metallic), (sometimes, through being more idiomatic) to rattle
- rasslande kedjor
- rustling/rattling chains
Usage notes
[edit]Think chains being dragged along a floor, with a softer and more continuous sound compared to rattle (which might get picked as a translation due to being more common for chains).
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of rassla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | rassla | rasslas | ||
| Supine | rasslat | rasslats | ||
| Imperative | rassla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | rasslen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | rasslar | rasslade | rasslas | rasslades |
| Ind. plural1 | rassla | rasslade | rasslas | rasslades |
| Subjunctive2 | rassle | rasslade | rassles | rasslades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | rasslande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||