svamla

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown. Arguably related to Old Norse svamla (“to swim; to splash”) and Norwegian Nynorsk svamle (“to swim; to splash; to ramble”), in which case from the root of simma (“to swim”).

Verb

svamla (present svamlar, preterite svamlade, supine svamlat, imperative svamla)

to speak incoherently; to twaddle, to ramble, to babble
Vad svamlar han om?
What (the heck) is he talking about?

Conjugation

Conjugation of *svamla* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	svamla		svamlas
supine	svamlat		svamlats
imperative	svamla		—
imper. plural¹	svamlen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	svamlar	svamlade	svamlas	svamlades
ind. plural¹	svamla	svamlade	svamlas	svamlades
subjunctive²	svamle	svamlade	svamles	svamlades

present participle		svamlande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

svammel

References