tramsa

Swedish

Etymology

The noun was originally a dialectal word for the bridesmaid who walks ahead of the bride and paves their way.[1] Likely formed as a variant of trampa. The verb tramsa derives from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²tramsa/

Verb

tramsa (present tramsar, preterite tramsade, supine tramsat, imperative tramsa)

  1. to act in a silly manner, to not be (appropriately) serious
    Sluta tramsa!
    Get serious!

Conjugation

Conjugation of tramsa (weak)
active passive
infinitive tramsa tramsas
supine tramsat tramsats
imperative tramsa —
imper. plural1 tramsen —
present past present past
indicative tramsar tramsade tramsas tramsades
ind. plural1 tramsa tramsade tramsas tramsades
subjunctive2 tramse tramsade tramses tramsades
present participle tramsande
past participle tramsad

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

Noun

tramsa c

  1. (colloquial, rare) a frivolous girl or woman

Declension

Declension of tramsa
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tramsa tramsas
definite tramsan tramsans
plural indefinite tramsor tramsors
definite tramsorna tramsornas

References

  1. ^ tramsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.