mumsa
Swedish
Verb
mumsa (present mumsar, preterite mumsade, supine mumsat, imperative mumsa)
- to eat with great delight, to munch
- Barnen mumsade på/mumsade i sig kakor och chokladpudding
- The children were munching on cookies and chocolate pudding
- Kaninen mumsade på en morot
- The rabbit munched on a carrot
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mumsa | — | ||
| supine | mumsat | — | ||
| imperative | mumsa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | mumsen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | mumsar | mumsade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | mumsa | mumsade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | mumse | mumsade | — | — |
| present participle | mumsande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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References
- mumsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mumsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mumsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)