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svindla

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish svindle, from German schwindeln.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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svindla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svindlaði, supine svindlað)

  1. (intransitive) to cheat
  2. to sneak (something/someone) somewhere, get somewhere by cheating [with dative]
    Ég náði að svindla mér og vini mínum inn á ballið. Dyravörðurinn leit varla á fölsuðu skilríkin okkar.
    I managed to sneak myself and my friend into the ball. The doorman barely looked at our fake IDs.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From German schwindeln. Cognate of Danish svindle.

Verb

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svindla (present svindlar, preterite svindlade, supine svindlat, imperative svindla)

  1. feel dizzy
  2. swindle, defraud

Conjugation

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Conjugation of svindla (weak)
active passive
infinitive svindla svindlas
supine svindlat svindlats
imperative svindla
imper. plural1 svindlen
present past present past
indicative svindlar svindlade svindlas svindlades
ind. plural1 svindla svindlade svindlas svindlades
subjunctive2 svindle svindlade svindles svindlades
present participle svindlande
past participle svindlad

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

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