mumla
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish mumbla, from Middle Low German mummelen, originally onomatopoeic. Compare German mümmeln, Dutch mompelen.
Verb edit
mumla (present mumlar, preterite mumlade, supine mumlat, imperative mumla)
- to mumble (to speak unintelligibly)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of mumla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mumla | mumlas | ||
| Supine | mumlat | mumlats | ||
| Imperative | mumla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | mumlen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | mumlar | mumlade | mumlas | mumlades |
| Ind. plural1 | mumla | mumlade | mumlas | mumlades |
| Subjunctive2 | mumle | mumlade | mumles | mumlades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | mumlande | |||
| Past participle | mumlad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- mumla in Svensk ordbok.
- mumla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)