rufsa

Swedish

Verb

rufsa (present rufsar, preterite rufsade, supine rufsat, imperative rufsa)

1. to ruffle, to tousle (bring hair into disarray, usually by rubbing it with a hand)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rufsa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rufsa		rufsas
Supine	rufsat		rufsats
Imperative	rufsa		—
Imper. plural1	rufsen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rufsar	rufsade	rufsas	rufsades
Ind. plural1	rufsa	rufsade	rufsas	rufsades
Subjunctive2	rufse	rufsade	rufses	rufsades
	Participles
Present participle	rufsande
Past participle	rufsad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• rufs (“tousled hair”)
• rufsig (“tousled, ruffled”)

References

• rufsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rufsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rufsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• rufsa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)