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trimma

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English trim.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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trimma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative trimmaði, supine trimmað)

  1. (intransitive) to jog (for exercise)

Conjugation

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Swedish

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Verb

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trimma (present trimmar, preterite trimmade, supine trimmat, imperative trimma)

  1. to tune (an engine or the like)
    en trimmad moped
    a tuned moped
    trimma ner
    tune down
    nedtrimmad
    tuned down
  2. to trim hair
    trimma mustaschen
    trim the moustache
    trimma hundens päls
    trim the fur of the dog

Usage notes

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Often of illegal (but widespread) tuning of mopeds driven by teenagers to raise the max speed above the legal 45 km/h.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of trimma (weak)
active passive
infinitive trimma trimmas
supine trimmat trimmats
imperative trimma
imper. plural1 trimmen
present past present past
indicative trimmar trimmade trimmas trimmades
ind. plural1 trimma trimmade trimmas trimmades
subjunctive2 trimme trimmade trimmes trimmades
present participle trimmande
past participle trimmad

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

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