rimla

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of rimlig (“reasonable”) + -a

Verb

rimla (present rimlar, preterite rimlade, supine rimlat, imperative rimla)

1. (neologism, rare) to be reasonable, to make sense

   Jag tyckte allt han sa rimlade

   I thought everything he said made sense

   Det rimlar inte

   It doesn't make sense

   Jag håller med om att det hade rimlat

   I agree that it would have made sense

   ett rimlande förslag

   a proposal that makes sense

Conjugation

Conjugation of rimla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	rimla		rimlas
supine	rimlat		rimlats
imperative	rimla		—
imper. plural1	rimlen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	rimlar	rimlade	rimlas	rimlades
ind. plural1	rimla	rimlade	rimlas	rimlades
subjunctive2	rimle	rimlade	rimles	rimlades
present participle		rimlande
past participle		—

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

Synonyms

• gå ihop
• verka vettigt
• verka rimligt
• mejka sense (slang)

References

• Folkmun