skramla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skrambla.

Verb

skramla (present skramlar, preterite skramlade, supine skramlat, imperative skramla)

1. (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

2. 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

Conjugation of skramla (weak)

	Active		Passive
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

• skrammel

Noun

skramla c

1. something (especially a toy) that can be made to rattle with harsh or metallic sounds

Declension

Declension of skramla
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skramla	skramlan	skramlor	skramlorna
Genitive	skramlas	skramlans	skramlors	skramlornas

See also

• rassla
• skallra (“rattle”)

References

• skramla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skramla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skramla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)