vissla
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Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish hvīsla, from Old Norse hvísla, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).
Noun
[edit]vissla c
- a whistle; a device designed to be placed in the mouth in order to make a whistling sound.
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | vissla | visslas |
definite | visslan | visslans | |
plural | indefinite | visslor | visslors |
definite | visslorna | visslornas |
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]vissla (present visslar, preterite visslade, supine visslat, imperative vissla)
- to whistle (to produce a whistling sound)
Conjugation
[edit]active | passive | |||
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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 |
present participle | visslande | |||
past participle | visslad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- vissla in Svensk ordbok.
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish weak verbs