skramla
Swedish
Verb
skramla (present skramlar, preterite skramlade, supine skramlat, imperative skramla)
- (sometimes impersonal) to rattle with harsh or metallic sounds
- Tomma tunnor skramlar mest
- Empty barrels rattle the most (proverb)
- Han skramlade med bössan
- He rattled the moneybox
- Det skramlade om bössan
- They moneybox was rattling ("It rattled about the moneybox")
- sabelskrammel
- saber-rattling
- to collect (a smaller amount of) money for some purpose
- Vi skramlar till en klassresa
- We're collecting money for a class trip
- Vi lyckades skramla ihop 1000 kr
- We managed to collect 1000 SEK
Conjugation
Conjugation of skramla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | skramla | skramlas | ||
| Supine | skramlat | skramlats | ||
| Imperative | skramla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | skramlen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | skramlar | skramlade | skramlas | skramlades |
| Ind. plural1 | skramla | skramlade | skramlas | skramlades |
| Subjunctive2 | skramle | skramlade | skramles | skramlades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | skramlande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Noun
skramla c
- something (especially a toy) that can be made to rattle with harsh or metallic sounds
Declension
| Declension of skramla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | skramla | skramlan | skramlor | skramlorna |
| Genitive | skramlas | skramlans | skramlors | skramlornas |
See also
- skallra (“rattle”)
References
- skramla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skramla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skramla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)