In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | grubbla |
| Present | grubblar |
| Past | grubblade |
| Imperative | grubbla |
| Supine | grubblat |
Verbs conjugated like 'grubbla'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grubbla'
grabbla,
gribbla,
grubba,
rubbla,
bubbla,
dribbla,
dubbla,
fubbla,
gnubba,
grabba,
Translations
ponder, to consider carefully
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Sluta grubbla! (Stop brooding!)
Additional Information
grubbla tänka djupt, fundera, grunna
[A grubblar (på/ över x)]
Engelsk översättning
ponder, brood, think deeply
Etymology
1. liksom dan. o. nor.
gruble av nt. grubeln (jämte gruweln); nära besläktat med t. grübeln, av fht. grubilōn, urspr.: gräva (efter), motsv. GRÖVLA; jfr GRUBBA, sbst. o. v.
1 o.
2 sv. dial. (Söderm.) grubbla, halvhögt yttra sitt missnöje, puttra; möjl. uppkommet gm sammanblandning av GRUMLA, v.
3, o. GRUBBLA, v.
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2. sannol. uppkommet gm sammanblandning av GRUMLA, v.
1, o. GRUBBLA, v.
1 References:
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3. From Middle Low German gruveln and German grübeln. Doublet of gräva. See: German, old spelling '
grübeln'.
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.