Inherited from Old Swedish mumbla, from Middle Low German mummelen, originally onomatopoeic. Compare German mümmeln, Dutch mompelen, English mumble.
mumla (present mumlar, preterite mumlade, supine mumlat, imperative mumla)
active | passive | |||
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infinitive | mumla | mumlas | ||
supine | mumlat | mumlats | ||
imperative | mumla | — | ||
imper. plural1 | mumlen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | mumlar | mumlade | mumlas | mumlades |
ind. plural1 | mumla | mumlade | mumlas | mumlades |
subjunctive2 | mumle | mumlade | mumles | mumlades |
present participle | mumlande | |||
past participle | mumlad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.