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en trumma

drum, conduit

trumma as a noun(en trumma)

Meaning

drum; conduit

In Swedish: ett slags slaginstrument med skinn spänt över en ihålig cylinder

Forms

Forms of trumma
Singular, indefinite	en trumma
Singular, definite	trumman
Plural, indefinite	trummor
Plural, definite	trummorna

trumma is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor trumma, den stora trumman. Check another noun

trumma as a verb

Meaning

drum

In Swedish: slå på trumma

Conjugation

Conjugation of trumma (drum)
Infinitive	att trumma	to drum
Present	trummar	jag trummar
Past	trummade	jag trummade
Supine	trummat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har trummat	jag har trummat
Past perfect	hade trummat	jag hade trummat
Future	ska trumma	or: kommer att trumma
Conditional	skulle trumma	jag skulle trumma
Imperative	trumma!	a command
Present participle	trummande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	trummad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of trumma
Infinitive	trummas
Present	trummas
Past	trummades
Supine	trummats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use trummar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise trumma

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Is it en trumma or ett trumma?

trumma in a sentence

spela trummor
play the drums
trumbroms
drum brake
bromstrumma
brake drum
kabeltrumma
cable drum
Trumman i torktumlaren snurrar inte
The drum of the tumble dryer is not spinning
vinschtrumma
barrel of a winch; capstan barrel
lufttrumma
air duct
ventilationstrumma
ventilation duct

Expressions

slå på trumman för
beat one's drum for

Words built with trumma

hisstrumma lift shaft
bromstrumma brake drum

Questions

What does trumma mean in English?

trumma means “drum, conduit”.

Is it en trumma or ett trumma?

It is en trumma, and “the drum” is trumman.

What is the plural of trumma?

The plural of trumma is trummor, and the definite plural is trummorna.

What is the past tense of trumma?

The past tense of trumma is trummade (“jag trummade”). The supine is trummat, used in “jag har trummat”.

What is the present tense of trumma?

trummar, the same for every person: jag trummar, du trummar, vi trummar.

Origin

From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German tromme, of imitative origin.

Nearby common words

trumma is number 4,711 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,707farkost craft, vessel
4,708frusen frozen
4,709orkan hurricane
4,710standard standard
4,712emo emo (3), a genre of music and the fashion associated with it, an emo (4), a fan of the previous
4,713entré entrance, admission
4,714traditionell traditional
4,715förmån advantage, benefit

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