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 | slumra |
| Present | slumrar |
| Past | slumrade |
| Imperative | slumra |
| Supine | slumrat |
Verbs conjugated like 'slumra'
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 'slumra'
lumra,
slamra,
sludra,
slumma,
slumpa,
stumra,
avslumra,
bumra,
eluera,
flimra,
Translations
slumber, to be in a very light state of sleep
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Jag lägger mig i gräset ner. Ligger still och bara ler. Slumrar till [expresses a sudden and brief action] och snarkar tyst. Drömmer om en kvinnas byst. Då ser jag nån som emot mig går, liderlig med utsläppt hår. Hon är vacker som en dag. I samma stund så vaknar jag. Svär [bit hard to make out the S] ett tag men tänker sen: Hon kommer nog till mig inatt igen. Ännu lyser solen stark i skog och mark. (I lie down in the grass ["Jag lägger mig ner i gräset" is the usual word order. Ner (“down”) can be skipped]. [I] lie still and just grin [or smile]. [I] doze off and snore quietly. [I] dream of a woman's bosom. Then I see someone walking towards me ["Då ser jag nån som går emot mig" is the usual word order], lustful [in an unrestrained manner – old-fashioned – often used to imply "lecherous," but also more generally] with her hair let down [with out-released hair]. She is pretty as a picture ["beautiful as a day" – idiom]. At that moment [in the same moment] I wake up. [I] swear for a bit but then [I] think: She will probably come to me tonight again ["Igen inatt" is a more common word order in Swedish as well]. The sun still shines bright ["yet shines (V2 word order) the sun strong" – could be translated as "still the sun shines bright" to match, but sounds less awkward in Swedish] in woods and fields ["forest and (wild) land" – idiomatic]. [Could also be put in the present continuous. Matches the intuition in Swedish with the [I]s. See the usage notes for -r.]) [1996, Drängarna [The Farmhands], “Kung över ängarna [King of [over] the Meadows]”, in Fint vettö [vettu] [Nice Y'know]:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. sv. dial. slumra, snava, stappla, göra ngt dåsigt, vara tanklös, slösa bort m. m.; jfr nor. dial. slumra, gå snubblande l. osäkert; möjl. till SLUM, adj.;
i bet. 3 (liksom dan. o. nor.
slumre) av lt. slummern l. t.
schlummern, möjl. till (en lt. motsvarighet till) mht. slummen, slumra (se SLUM, adj.); jfr meng. slumeren (eng. slumber). — Jfr FÖR-SLUMRA, v.
1, SCHLARAFF, SLOMMER, SLUMMERFOTAD, SLUMRIG References:
1
2. Derived from Middle Low German slummern or German schlummern. See: German, old spelling '
schlummern'.
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.