prassla
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German prasseln, originally onomatopoeic.
Verb[edit]
prassla (present prasslar, preterite prasslade, supine prasslat, imperative prassla)
- to rustle, to crinkle (of or like dry leaves or paper set in motion – sometimes of doing something that produces such a sound)
- prasslande löv
- rustling leaves
- slippa prassla med sedlar
- not have to fiddle ("crinkle") with bills
- prasslande när hunden sätter sig i Ikea-kassen
- crinkling noise when the dog sits down in the IKEA bag
- (figuratively, colloquial) to philander
- Synonym: vänsterprassla
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of prassla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | prassla | prasslas | ||
| Supine | prasslat | prasslats | ||
| Imperative | prassla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | prasslen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | prasslar | prasslade | prasslas | prasslades |
| Ind. plural1 | prassla | prasslade | prasslas | prasslades |
| Subjunctive2 | prassle | prasslade | prassles | prasslades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | prasslande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- rassla (“rustle (usually of or like something metallic)”)
References[edit]
- prassla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- prassla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- prassla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- prassla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)