skramla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skrambla.

Verb

skramla (present skramlar, preterite skramlade, supine skramlat, imperative skramla)

  1. (sometimes impersonal) to rattle with harsh or metallic sounds
    Tomma tunnor skramlar mest
    Empty barrels rattle the most (proverb)
    Han skramlade med bössan
    He rattled the moneybox
    Det skramlade om bössan
    They moneybox was rattling ("It rattled about the moneybox")
    sabelskrammel
    saber-rattling
  2. to collect (a smaller amount of) money for some purpose
    Vi skramlar till en klassresa
    We're collecting money for a class trip
    Vi lyckades skramla ihop 1000 kr
    We managed to collect 1000 SEK

Conjugation

Conjugation of skramla (weak)
active passive
infinitive skramla skramlas
supine skramlat skramlats
imperative skramla —
imper. plural1 skramlen —
present past present past
indicative skramlar skramlade skramlas skramlades
ind. plural1 skramla skramlade skramlas skramlades
subjunctive2 skramle skramlade skramles skramlades
present participle skramlande
past participle —

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

Noun

skramla c

  1. something (especially a toy) that can be made to rattle with harsh or metallic sounds

Declension

Declension of skramla
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skramla skramlas
definite skramlan skramlans
plural indefinite skramlor skramlors
definite skramlorna skramlornas

See also

References

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