vissla
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hvīsla, from Old Norse hvísla, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).
Noun
vissla c
- a whistle; a device designed to be placed in the mouth in order to make a whistling sound.
Declension
| Declension of vissla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vissla | visslan | visslor | visslorna |
| Genitive | visslas | visslans | visslors | visslornas |
Derived terms
- busvissla
- visselpipa
- visselblåsare
- ångvissla
Verb
vissla (present visslar, preterite visslade, supine visslat, imperative vissla)
- to whistle (to produce a whistling sound)
Conjugation
Conjugation of vissla (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | vissla | visslas | ||
| Supine | visslat | visslats | ||
| Imperative | vissla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | visslen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | visslar | visslade | visslas | visslades |
| Ind. plural1 | vissla | visslade | visslas | visslades |
| Subjunctive2 | vissle | visslade | vissles | visslades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | visslande | |||
| Past participle | visslad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Further reading
- vissla in Svensk ordbok.
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