From Old Swedish pranga. Likely influenced by mångla. Possibly related to prång and pracka på. Possibly related to Middle Low German prangen, from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”).
Compare Norwegian prangle, Icelandic pranga, Danish prange (and hestepranger, studepranger), Saterland Frisian prakken (“to push”), Middle High German phragen (“to sell”), phragener (“seller”).
prångla (present prånglar, preterite prånglade, supine prånglat, imperative prångla)
Often with preposition ut.
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | prångla | prånglas | ||
Supine | prånglat | prånglats | ||
Imperative | prångla | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | prånglen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | prånglar | prånglade | prånglas | prånglades |
Ind. plural1 | prångla | prånglade | prånglas | prånglades |
Subjunctive2 | prångle | prånglade | prångles | prånglades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | prånglande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |