kittla

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kitla, from Old Norse kitla, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geid- (“to stick, jab, tickle”).

Verb

kittla (present kittlar, preterite kittlade, supine kittlat, imperative kittla)

  1. to tickle
    Synonym: (childish) killa
    kittla någon
    tickle someone
    Det kittlar fantasin
    It tickles the imagination

Conjugation

Conjugation of kittla (weak)
active passive
infinitive kittla kittlas
supine kittlat kittlats
imperative kittla —
imper. plural1 kittlen —
present past present past
indicative kittlar kittlade kittlas kittlades
ind. plural1 kittla kittlade kittlas kittlades
subjunctive2 kittle kittlade kittles kittlades
present participle kittlande
past participle kittlad

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

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