svamla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Arguably related to Old Norse svamla (“to swim; to splash”) and Norwegian Nynorsk svamle (“to swim; to splash; to ramble”).
Verb
[edit]svamla (present svamlar, preterite svamlade, supine svamlat, imperative svamla)
- to speak incoherently; to twaddle, to ramble, to babble
- Vad svamlar han om?
- What (the heck) is he talking about?
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of svamla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | svamla | svamlas | ||
| Supine | svamlat | svamlats | ||
| Imperative | svamla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | svamlen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | svamlar | svamlade | svamlas | svamlades |
| Ind. plural1 | svamla | svamlade | svamlas | svamlades |
| Subjunctive2 | svamle | svamlade | svamles | svamlades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | svamlande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||