rimla

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of rimlig (“reasonable”) + -a

Verb

rimla (present rimlar, preterite rimlade, supine rimlat, imperative rimla)

  1. (neologism, rare) to be reasonable, to make sense
    Jag tyckte allt han sa rimlade
    I thought everything he said made sense
    Det rimlar inte
    It doesn't make sense
    Jag håller med om att det hade rimlat
    I agree that it would have made sense
    ett rimlande förslag
    a proposal that makes sense

Conjugation

Conjugation of rimla (weak)
active passive
infinitive rimla rimlas
supine rimlat rimlats
imperative rimla —
imper. plural1 rimlen —
present past present past
indicative rimlar rimlade rimlas rimlades
ind. plural1 rimla rimlade rimlas rimlades
subjunctive2 rimle rimlade rimles rimlades
present participle rimlande
past participle —

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

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