svamla

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown. Arguably related to Old Norse svamla (“to swim; to splash”) and Norwegian Nynorsk svamle (“to swim; to splash; to ramble”), in which case from the root of simma (“to swim”).

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
present participle svamlande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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