ringla

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from ring.

Verb

ringla (present ringlar, preterite ringlade, supine ringlat, imperative ringla)

1. to move sinuously (somewhere)

   Ormen ringlade skamset iväg

   The snake shamefacedly slithered away

   Röken ringlade mot himlen

   The smoke curled towards the sky

2. to spread (something) over something (usually food) in sinuous shapes, to (often, idiomatically) drizzle

   ringla dressing över en sallad

   drizzle dressing over a salad

Conjugation

Conjugation of ringla (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	ringla		ringlas
supine	ringlat		ringlats
imperative	ringla		—
imper. plural1	ringlen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	ringlar	ringlade	ringlas	ringlades
ind. plural1	ringla	ringlade	ringlas	ringlades
subjunctive2	ringle	ringlade	ringles	ringlades
present participle		ringlande
past participle		ringlad

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

See also

• slingra

References

• ringla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ringla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ringla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)