gurgla

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Swedish

Etymology

Likely onomatopoeic. Cognate with Danish gurgle, German gurgeln, Dutch gorgelen. Possibly related to German Gurgel and Latin gurgulio.

Verb

gurgla (present gurglar, preterite gurglade, supine gurglat, imperative gurgla)

  1. to gargle (e.g. mouthwash)
  2. to gurgle (make a bubbling sound)
  3. (dated) to bicker (quarrel)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gurgla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive gurgla gurglas
Supine gurglat gurglats
Imperative gurgla —
Imper. plural1 gurglen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative gurglar gurglade gurglas gurglades
Ind. plural1 gurgla gurglade gurglas gurglades
Subjunctive2 gurgle gurglade gurgles gurglades
Participles
Present participle gurglande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

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