svamla

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown. Arguably related to Old Norse svamla (“to swim; to splash”) and Norwegian Nynorsk svamle (“to swim; to splash; to ramble”).

Verb

svamla (present svamlar, preterite svamlade, supine svamlat, imperative svamla)

  1. to speak incoherently; to twaddle, to ramble, to babble
    Vad svamlar han om?
    What (the heck) is he talking about?

Conjugation
Conjugation of svamla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive svamla svamlas
Supine svamlat svamlats
Imperative svamla —
Imper. plural1 svamlen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative svamlar svamlade svamlas svamlades
Ind. plural1 svamla svamlade svamlas svamlades
Subjunctive2 svamle svamlade svamles svamlades
Participles
Present participle svamlande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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