skramla
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish skrambla.
Verb
editskramla (present skramlar, preterite skramlade, supine skramlat, imperative skramla)
- (sometimes impersonal) to rattle with harsh or metallic sounds
- Tomma tunnor skramlar mest
- Empty barrels rattle the most (proverb)
- Han skramlade med bössan
- He rattled the moneybox
- Det skramlade om bössan
- They moneybox was rattling ("It rattled about the moneybox")
- sabelskrammel
- saber-rattling
- to collect (a smaller amount of) money for some purpose
- Vi skramlar till en klassresa
- We're collecting money for a class trip
- Vi lyckades skramla ihop 1000 kr
- We managed to collect 1000 SEK
Conjugation
editConjugation of skramla (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | skramla | skramlas | ||
Supine | skramlat | skramlats | ||
Imperative | skramla | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | skramlen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | skramlar | skramlade | skramlas | skramlades |
Ind. plural1 | skramla | skramlade | skramlas | skramlades |
Subjunctive2 | skramle | skramlade | skramles | skramlades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | skramlande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
editNoun
editskramla c
Declension
editDeclension of skramla | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skramla | skramlan | skramlor | skramlorna |
Genitive | skramlas | skramlans | skramlors | skramlornas |