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 | slingra |
| Present | slingrar |
| Past | slingrade |
| Imperative | slingra |
| Supine | slingrat |
Verbs conjugated like 'slingra'
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 'slingra'
blingra,
klingra,
skingra,
slangra,
slångra,
slinga,
avslingra,
blinkra,
fingra,
flinga,
Translations
snake, to move in a winding path
wriggle, to twist one's body and move the limbs
Sample Sentences
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Försök inte slingra dig ur det här! (Don't you try to wriggle out of this!)
Additional Information
slingra röra sig hit och dit
[x slingrar (sig)]
Engelsk översättning
wind, twine; meander; wriggle; evade, get out of
Exempel
vägen slingrar (sig)---the road twists
ormen slingrade
iväg---the serpent wriggled away
Stående uttryck
slingra sig ("undvika att svara sanningsenligt")---dodge the question ("avoid telling the truth")
Etymology
1. liksom d.
slingre av (m)lt. slingeren l. (mh)t. schlingern, avledn. av det verb som föreligger i mlt. slingen (jfr SLINGA, v.
1) o. mht. slingen (se SLUNGA, v.). — Jfr SLINGRA, sbst. References:
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2. Borrowed from Middle Low German slingeren, from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*slingwaną'.
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.