tumla
Faroese
[edit]Verb
[edit]tumla
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]tumla (present tumlar, preterite tumlade, supine tumlat, imperative tumla)
- to tumble (fall head over heels), to roll
- Synonym: (roll) rulla
- De tumlade ner för backen ― They tumbled down the hill
- De tumlade runt i gräset ― They rolled around in the grass
- tumla om på marken ― tumble about on the ground
- to tumble-dry
- Synonym: (more common) torktumla
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tumla | tumlas | ||
| supine | tumlat | tumlats | ||
| imperative | tumla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tumlen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tumlar | tumlade | tumlas | tumlades |
| ind. plural1 | tumla | tumlade | tumlas | tumlades |
| subjunctive2 | tumle | tumlade | tumles | tumlades |
| present participle | tumlande | |||
| past participle | tumlad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]- tumla om (“tumble about, roll around”)