rattsurfa

Swedish

Etymology

ratt (“steering wheel”) +‎ surfa (“to surf the internet”). Coined in analogy with rattfylleri (“drunk driving”) and popularized by a public information campaign from the Swedish Transport Agency in 2014.

Verb

rattsurfa (present rattsurfar, preterite rattsurfade, supine rattsurfat, imperative rattsurfa)

1. (neologism, intransitive) to use a mobile phone (generally a smartphone) while driving

Conjugation

Conjugation of rattsurfa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rattsurfa		rattsurfas
Supine	rattsurfat		rattsurfats
Imperative	rattsurfa		—
Imper. plural1	rattsurfen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rattsurfar	rattsurfade	rattsurfas	rattsurfades
Ind. plural1	rattsurfa	rattsurfade	rattsurfas	rattsurfades
Subjunctive2	rattsurfe	rattsurfade	rattsurfes	rattsurfades
	Participles
Present participle	rattsurfande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• rattsurf
• rattsurfning

Further reading

• rattsurfning on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv