rimla

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of rimlig (“reasonable”) + -a

Verb

rimla (present rimlar, preterite rimlade, supine rimlat, imperative rimla)

1. (neologism, rare) to be reasonable, to make sense

   Jag tyckte allt han sa rimlade

   I thought everything he said made sense

   Det rimlar inte

   It doesn't make sense

   Jag håller med om att det hade rimlat

   I agree that it would have made sense

   ett rimlande förslag

   a proposal that makes sense

Conjugation

Conjugation of rimla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rimla		rimlas
Supine	rimlat		rimlats
Imperative	rimla		—
Imper. plural1	rimlen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	rimlar	rimlade	rimlas	rimlades
Ind. plural1	rimla	rimlade	rimlas	rimlades
Subjunctive2	rimle	rimlade	rimles	rimlades
	Participles
Present participle	rimlande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• gå ihop
• verka vettigt
• verka rimligt
• mejka sense (slang)

References

• Folkmun