In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | mula |
| Present | mular |
| Past | mulade |
| Imperative | mula |
| Supine | mulat |
Verbs conjugated like 'mula'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mula'
fula,
jula,
kula,
mala,
måla,
mäla,
mila,
mola,
mulla,
mulna,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Kamraten sade i tingsrätten att han bara tog tag i 16-åringen och mulade honom med snö innan han släppte taget. (His friend said in district court that he only grabbed the 16-year-old and rubbed snow in his face before letting go.) [2006, “16-åring friad från snöbollsmisshandel [16-year-old released in court from snowball abuse]”, in Sydsvenskan:]
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Bäst som Barack Obama stod och övade segergester framför hallspegeln ringde Reuters på dörren och mulade honom med gratulationstårtan. (Just as Barack Obama stood in front of his hall mirror, practicing victory gestures, Reuters called on the door and rubbed a congratulatory cake in his face.) [2008, P J Anders Linder, “En ding, ding, ding, ding värld? [A mad, mad, mad, mad world?]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:]
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Jag mulade en hel chokladkaka. (I wolfed down an entire chocolate bar.)
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Med en annorlunda strategi lyckades han mula i sig flest korvar på tio minuter: ”Det blir mer som att du dricker brödet, vilket spar tid” (With an unusual strategy he managed to stuff down the most sausages in ten minutes: “It becomes more like you drink the bread, which saves time.”) [2024 April 27, Eleonor Svensson, Clara Wasell, “Strategin som gav Lhiam förstaplatsen”, in Hela Gotland:]
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Den tjejen kan mula socker/fett/salt, hon. Som en maskin. (That girl can stuff down sugar/fat/salt. Like a machine.) [2025 July 15, Petter, “Karissa äter sockermunkar”, in Gamereactor:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. o. sv. dial. mula; jfr dan. o. nor. mule, t.
maulen; avledn. av MULE, sbst.
2 References:
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2. From mule (“muzzle”).
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.