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 |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | mumlande | |||
Past participle | mumlad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |