UrsprungFrom Old Swedish smula, from a verb meaning to "crumble" and from a derivative of Old Norse mold (“soil, dust”), hence related to English mold.
- common-gendera crumb (of bread)
- common-gendera (tiny) bit
“en smula” — a bit (of), a little bit (of)
“Med en smula tur så klarar vi oss” — With a bit of luck, we'll be alright
“Hans reaktion var ju en smula överdriven.” — His reaction was a bit exagerated.
- to crumble (break into crumbs)
“Vi smulade ner lite bröd i soppan” — We crumbled some bread into the soup
- to crumble, to give off crumbs
“Andas in när du äter knäckebrödet. Det smular så förskräckligt annars.” — Breathe in when you're eating the crispbread. It crumbles so darn much otherwise.
Formersmula(indefinite, nominative, singular) · smulas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · smulan(definite, nominative, singular) · smulans(definite, genitive, singular) · smulor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · smulors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · smulorna(definite, nominative, plural) · smulornas(definite, genitive, plural) · smular(present) · smulade(preterite) · smulat(supine) · smula(imperative) · smula(active, infinitive) · smulas(infinitive, passive) · smulat(active, supine) · smulats(passive, supine) · smula(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · smulen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)