ringla
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from ring.
Verb
[edit]ringla (present ringlar, preterite ringlade, supine ringlat, imperative ringla)
- to move sinuously (somewhere)
- Ormen ringlade skamset iväg
- The snake shamefacedly slithered away
- Röken ringlade mot himlen
- The smoke curled towards the sky
- to spread (something) over something (usually food) in sinuous shapes, to (often, idiomatically) drizzle
- ringla dressing över en sallad
- drizzle dressing over a salad
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ringla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | ringla | ringlas | ||
| Supine | ringlat | ringlats | ||
| Imperative | ringla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | ringlen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | ringlar | ringlade | ringlas | ringlades |
| Ind. plural1 | ringla | ringlade | ringlas | ringlades |
| Subjunctive2 | ringle | ringlade | ringles | ringlades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | ringlande | |||
| Past participle | ringlad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||