ringla
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]| 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 |
| present participle | ringlande | |||
| past participle | ringlad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.