Borrowed from Low German smuggeln, from Middle Low German smugen, from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to slip through, creep”). Doublet of smyga.
smuggla (present smugglar, preterite smugglade, supine smugglat, imperative smuggla)
Compounds get the prefix smuggel-.
active | passive | |||
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infinitive | smuggla | smugglas | ||
supine | smugglat | smugglats | ||
imperative | smuggla | — | ||
imper. plural1 | smugglen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | smugglar | smugglade | smugglas | smugglades |
ind. plural1 | smuggla | smugglade | smugglas | smugglades |
subjunctive2 | smuggle | smugglade | smuggles | smugglades |
present participle | smugglande | |||
past participle | smugglad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.