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Swedish
Etymology
ratt (“steering wheel”) + surfa (“to surf the internet”). Coined in analogy with rattfylleri (“drunk driving”) and popularized by a public information campaign from the Swedish Transport Agency in 2014.
Verb
rattsurfa (present rattsurfar, preterite rattsurfade, supine rattsurfat, imperative rattsurfa)
- (neologism, intransitive) to use a mobile phone (generally a smartphone) while driving
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rattsurfa | rattsurfas | ||
| supine | rattsurfat | rattsurfats | ||
| imperative | rattsurfa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | rattsurfen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | rattsurfar | rattsurfade | rattsurfas | rattsurfades |
| ind. plural1 | rattsurfa | rattsurfade | rattsurfas | rattsurfades |
| subjunctive2 | rattsurfe | rattsurfade | rattsurfes | rattsurfades |
| present participle | rattsurfande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
Further reading
rattsurfning on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv
