gyckla

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German gokelen, influenced by Latin joculor. Cognate of German gaukeln, Danish gøgle. Doublet of jonglera.

Verb

gyckla (present gycklar, preterite gycklade, supine gycklat, imperative gyckla)

1. jest

Conjugation

Conjugation of gyckla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gyckla		gycklas
Supine	gycklat		gycklats
Imperative	gyckla		—
Imper. plural1	gycklen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	gycklar	gycklade	gycklas	gycklades
Ind. plural1	gyckla	gycklade	gycklas	gycklades
Subjunctive2	gyckle	gycklade	gyckles	gycklades
	Participles
Present participle	gycklande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• gyckel
• gycklare
• gyckleri

Further reading

• gyckla in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• gyckla in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)