skåp

See also: skap, skaap, skáp, and -skap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian skáp, from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (shape), from Proto-Germanic *skapą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skoːp/

Noun

skåp n (definite singular skåpet, indefinite plural skåp, definite plural skåpa)

  1. a cupboard, closet

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skap, from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (shape), from Proto-Germanic *skapą. Cognate with Icelandic skápur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

skåp n

  1. (furniture) a cabinet, a cupboard, a locker (either separate from, or built into, a wall, usually with shelves)
  2. (slang, derogatory) an unattractive (large) woman
    Magnus drog hem ett skåp från krogen
    Magnus pulled a "cabinet" home from the pub

Declension

Declension of skåp
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skåp skåps
definite skåpet skåpets
plural indefinite skåp skåps
definite skåpen skåpens

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