inbilla

Swedish

From Middle Low German inbilden, equivalent to German einbilden. The German word is perhaps from Latin imaginor. Compare Danish indbilde.

inbilla (present inbillar, preterite inbillade, supine inbillat, imperative inbilla)

(reflexive) to (falsely) imagine
du inbillar dig
you're imagining things
to convince (of something false)
inbilla någon något
convince someone of something (false)

Conjugation of inbilla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	inbilla		inbillas
Supine	inbillat		inbillats
Imperative	inbilla		—
Imper. plural¹	inbillen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	inbillar	inbillade	inbillas	inbillades
Ind. plural¹	inbilla	inbillade	inbillas	inbillades
Subjunctive²	inbille	inbillade	inbilles	inbillades
	Participles
Present participle	inbillande
Past participle	inbillad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.