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