fladdra

Swedish

Etymology

Related to English flounder (“to flap around”), related to several other Germanic words beginning with fl.

Verb

fladdra (present fladdrar, preterite fladdrade, supine fladdrat, imperative fladdra)

1. to flutter (like a flag in the wind or a butterfly), to move here and there, to be unsteady

Conjugation

Conjugation of fladdra (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	fladdra		—
supine	fladdrat		—
imperative	fladdra		—
imper. plural1	fladdren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	fladdrar	fladdrade	—	—
ind. plural1	fladdra	fladdrade	—	—
subjunctive2	fladdre	fladdrade	—	—
present participle		fladdrande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• fladder

See also

• flaxa

References

• Walter W[illiam] Skeat (1910), An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new (4th) revised and enlarged edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Clarendon Press, published 1963, →OCLC, page 213.