grymta

Swedish

From Old Norse *grynta from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”).

grymta (present grymtar, preterite grymtade, supine grymtat, imperative grymta)

to grunt (of a pig, or more generally, for example of grumbling expression)
Vad säger grisen om djurplågeri? Grymt!
What does the pig say about animal cruelty? Grunt! / Cruel! (pun – see grym (“cruel”))
to oink
"Nöff, nöff" grymtade grisen
"Oink, oink" oinked the pig

Conjugation of grymta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	grymta		grymtas
Supine	grymtat		grymtats
Imperative	grymta		—
Imper. plural¹	grymten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	grymtar	grymtade	grymtas	grymtades
Ind. plural¹	grymta	grymtade	grymtas	grymtades
Subjunctive²	grymte	grymtade	grymtes	grymtades
	Participles
Present participle	grymtande
Past participle	grymtad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.