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 | svamla |
| Present | svamlar |
| Past | svamlade |
| Imperative | svamla |
| Supine | svamlat |
Verbs conjugated like 'svamla'
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 'svamla'
samla,
stamla,
svalla,
svampa,
svavla,
dvala,
famla,
hamla,
jamla,
kramla,
Translations
twaddle, To talk or write nonsense
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Vad svamlar han om? (What (the heck) is he talking about?)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. sv. dial. svammäl, prata oredigt l. osammanhängande, bära sig åt som en drucken, skvalpa; jfr fvn. svamla, simma, plaska, nor. nn. svamle, simma, plaska, vanka omkring, fantisera, drömma; möjl. i avljudsförh. till SIMMA, v.
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2. Unknown. Arguably related to Old Norse svamla (“to swim; to splash”) and Norwegian Nynorsk svamle (“to swim; to splash; to ramble”), in which case from the root of simma (“to swim”). See: Norwegian, nynorsk '
svamle'.
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.