keps

English

Noun

keps

  1. plural of kep

Swedish

Etymology

From English caps. Attested since 1910.

Noun

keps c

  1. a cap (head covering) with a bill or peak
    • 1996, Drängarna [The Farmhands], “Kung över ängarna [King of [over] the Meadows]”, in Fint vettö [vettu] [Nice Y'know]‎[1]:
      Jag är kung över ängarna. Springer utan keps och skor. Dansar och tar ut svängarna. Ropar glatt åt mina kor. Jag är kung över ängarna. Jag skriker högt så folk förstår: Här är en av drängarna. Solen lyser där jag går.
      I am king of the meadows. [I] run without a cap [without cap] and shoes. [I] dance and take sweeping turns ["take out the turns" – also used figuratively for not holding back, letting loose, and the like]. [I] shout merrily at my cows. I am king of the meadows. I scream out loud so that people understand: Here's one of the farmhands. The sun shines where I walk. [Could also be put in the present continuous. Matches the intuition in Swedish with the [I]s. See the usage notes for -r.]
    1. a baseball cap
      Synonym: basebollkeps
    2. a flat cap, a bunnet
      Synonym: gubbkeps

Declension

Declension of keps
nominative genitive
singular indefinite keps keps
definite kepsen kepsens
plural indefinite kepsar kepsars
definite kepsarna kepsarnas

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