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)

  1. to mumble (to speak unintelligibly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mumla (weak)
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.

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