flumma
Swedish
Verb
flumma (present flummar, preterite flummade, supine flummat, imperative flumma)
- to speak, write, or act in a way that's intellectually messy or lacking in meaning(ful content); to talk nonsense, to be dopey
- Vad flummar han om? Jag fattar ingenting.
- What's he going on about? I don't get a thing.
- Vi måste sluta flumma runt och bli seriösa
- We have to stop messing around and get serious
- (slang, often with på to specify a drug) to be high on drugs (that induce such a state)
- Kan man flumma på det här?
- Can you get high off this?
Conjugation
Conjugation of flumma (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | flumma | flummas | ||
| Supine | flummat | flummats | ||
| Imperative | flumma | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | flummen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | flummar | flummade | flummas | flummades |
| Ind. plural1 | flumma | flummade | flummas | flummades |
| Subjunctive2 | flumme | flummade | flummes | flummades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | flummande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- flum
- flummig
References
- flumma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- flumma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)