plugg

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From "Plug!", earlier "Plugs!", the producer tag used by the members of BeatPluggz collective, who recorded the vocals for the tag.

Noun

plugg (uncountable)

  1. (music) A laid-back subgenre of trap music.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʰlʉɡ]

Noun

plugg

  1. a peg, a pluck
  2. a solidly built, sturdy person

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish plugger, from Middle Low German plock, pluck. Of uncertain ultimate origin: perhaps from the same ultimate source as Dutch plag (cut of sod), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps a pre-Germanic (but Indo-European) substrate in which the p- has not undergone Grimm's law; compare Latvian plēst (to tear off). Also compare Proto-Germanic *flahaną (to skin).[1][2]

Noun

plugg c

  1. a plug (piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole)
  2. a peg (put in a hole)

Declension

Declension of plugg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite plugg pluggs
definite pluggen pluggens
plural indefinite pluggar pluggars
definite pluggarna pluggarnas

Noun

plugg n

  1. (colloquial) the act or work of studying (from plugga (to study))
  2. (colloquial, often in the definite "plugget") school
    – Var är du? – Jag är i plugget.
    – Where are you? – I'm in school.
    • 1979, Factory, “Efter plugget [After school]”, in Factory[1]:
      Du (efter plugget), det fixar sig alltid. Du (efter plugget), det löser sig nog. Du (efter plugget), ta en dag i taget. Du (Ja, jag brukar ha tur).
      You [or "Hey," as a kind of vocative] (after school), it always works out. You (after school), it'll probably be fine. You (after school), take one day at a time. You (Yeah, I'm usually lucky).

Declension

Declension of plugg
nominative genitive
singular indefinite plugg pluggs
definite plugget pluggets
plural indefinite plugg pluggs
definite pluggen pluggens

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “plag”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ J. de Vries (1971), Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek, Leiden