mumla
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish mumbla, from Middle Low German mummelen, originally onomatopoeic. Compare German mümmeln, Dutch mompelen, English mumble.
Verb
mumla (present mumlar, preterite mumlade, supine mumlat, imperative mumla)
- to mumble (to speak unintelligibly)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mumla | mumlas | ||
| supine | mumlat | mumlats | ||
| imperative | mumla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | mumlen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | mumlar | mumlade | mumlas | mumlades |
| ind. plural1 | mumla | mumlade | mumlas | mumlades |
| subjunctive2 | mumle | mumlade | mumles | mumlades |
| present participle | mumlande | |||
| past participle | mumlad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
Further reading
- mumla in Svensk ordbok.
- mumla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)