tramsa

Swedish

Etymology

The noun was originally a dialectal word for the bridesmaid who walks ahead of the bride and paves their way. Likely formed as a variant of trampa. The verb tramsa derives from the noun.

Verb

tramsa (present tramsar, preterite tramsade, supine tramsat, imperative tramsa)

1. to act in a silly manner, to not be (appropriately) serious

   Sluta tramsa!

   Get serious!

Conjugation

Conjugation of tramsa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tramsa		tramsas
Supine	tramsat		tramsats
Imperative	tramsa		—
Imper. plural1	tramsen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tramsar	tramsade	tramsas	tramsades
Ind. plural1	tramsa	tramsade	tramsas	tramsades
Subjunctive2	tramse	tramsade	tramses	tramsades
	Participles
Present participle	tramsande
Past participle	tramsad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• trams
• tramsig

Noun

tramsa c

1. (colloquial, rare) a frivolous girl or woman

Declension

Declension of tramsa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tramsa	tramsas
	definite	tramsan	tramsans
plural	indefinite	tramsor	tramsors
	definite	tramsorna	tramsornas

Further reading

• tramsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tramsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tramsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• armast, ramats, smarta