slingra
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German slingeren, from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną.
Verb
[edit]slingra (present slingrar, preterite slingrade, supine slingrat, imperative slingra)
- snake, slither, wind (move in a winding manner)
- wind, twist, bend (turn coils around something)
- (reflexive) wriggle, squirm
- Försök inte slingra dig ur det här!
- Don't you try to wriggle out of this!
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | slingra | slingras | ||
| supine | slingrat | slingrats | ||
| imperative | slingra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | slingren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | slingrar | slingrade | slingras | slingrades |
| ind. plural1 | slingra | slingrade | slingras | slingrades |
| subjunctive2 | slingre | slingrade | slingres | slingrades |
| present participle | slingrande | |||
| past participle | slingrad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “slingra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “slingra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “slingra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- slingra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)