mumla
Swedish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Swedish mumbla, from Middle Low German mummelen, originally onomatopoeic. Compare German mümmeln, Dutch mompelen, English mumble.
Verb
editmumla (present mumlar, preterite mumlade, supine mumlat, imperative mumla)
- to mumble (to speak unintelligibly)
Conjugation
editConjugation 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
editFurther reading
edit- mumla in Svensk ordbok.
- mumla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)