tumla

Faroese

Verb

tumla

  1. to hitchhike (according to the translations at hitchhike)

Swedish

Verb

tumla (present tumlar, preterite tumlade, supine tumlat, imperative tumla)

  1. to tumble (fall head over heels), to roll
    Synonym: (roll) rulla
    De tumlade ner för backen ― They tumbled down the hill
    De tumlade runt i gräset ― They rolled around in the grass
    tumla om på marken ― tumble about on the ground
  2. to tumble-dry
    Synonym: (more common) torktumla

Conjugation
Conjugation of tumla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tumla tumlas
Supine tumlat tumlats
Imperative tumla —
Imper. plural1 tumlen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative tumlar tumlade tumlas tumlades
Ind. plural1 tumla tumlade tumlas tumlades
Subjunctive2 tumle tumlade tumles tumlades
Participles
Present participle tumlande
Past participle tumlad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms
  • tumla om (“tumble about, roll around”)

References
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