vissla

Swedish

Alternative forms

• hwißla (obsolete typography)
• hvissla (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

From Old Swedish hvīsla, from Old Norse hvísla, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).

Noun

vissla c

1. a whistle; a device designed to be placed in the mouth in order to make a whistling sound.

Declension

Declension of vissla

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vissla	visslas
	definite	visslan	visslans
plural	indefinite	visslor	visslors
	definite	visslorna	visslornas

Derived terms

• busvissla
• visselpipa
• visselblåsare
• ångvissla

Verb

vissla (present visslar, preterite visslade, supine visslat, imperative vissla)

1. to whistle (to produce a whistling sound)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vissla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	vissla		visslas
Supine	visslat		visslats
Imperative	vissla		—
Imper. plural1	visslen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	visslar	visslade	visslas	visslades
Ind. plural1	vissla	visslade	visslas	visslades
Subjunctive2	vissle	visslade	vissles	visslades
	Participles
Present participle	visslande
Past participle	visslad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• visslare
• vissling

Further reading

• vissla in Svensk ordbok.