tumla

Faroese

Verb

tumla

  1. to hitchhike (according to the translations at hitchhike)

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German tummelen, from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to tumble”).

Verb

tumla (present tumlar, preterite tumlade, supine tumlat, imperative tumla)

  1. to tumble (fall head over heels), to roll
    Synonym: (roll) rulla
    De tumlade ner för backen ― They tumbled down the hill
    De tumlade runt i gräset ― They rolled around in the grass
    tumla om på marken ― tumble about on the ground
  2. to tumble-dry
    Synonym: (more common) torktumla

Conjugation

Conjugation of tumla (weak)
active passive
infinitive tumla tumlas
supine tumlat tumlats
imperative tumla —
imper. plural1 tumlen —
present past present past
indicative tumlar tumlade tumlas tumlades
ind. plural1 tumla tumlade tumlas tumlades
subjunctive2 tumle tumlade tumles tumlades
present participle tumlande
past participle tumlad

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

Derived terms

  • tumla om (“tumble about, roll around”)

References

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