svamp

• svomp, sop, såp, svemme

From Old Danish swamp, from Old East Norse svampr, from Proto-Germanic *swampaz (“sponge, fungus”), variant of *swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swombʰ- (“sponge, tree-fungus, swamp”).

• IPA^(key): /svamp/, [ˈsʋɑmˀb̥]

svamp c (singular definite svampen, plural indefinite svampe)

1. sponge

   drikke som en svamp ― to drink alcohol in large quantities

2. fungus

   gå svamp i noget ― to become decayed, corrupted

3. mushroom, toadstool
4. dry rot
5. fungal infection, mycotic infection

• “svamp” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “svamp” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• Rhymes: -am̥p

svamp

1. indefinite accusative singular of svampur

svamp m (definite singular svampen, indefinite plural svamper, definite plural svampene)

1. a sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)
2. a sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)

• “svamp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

svamp m (definite singular svampen, indefinite plural svampar, definite plural svampane)

1. a sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)
2. a sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)

• “svamp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish svamper, from Old East Norse svampr (compare Old West Norse svǫppr). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swampaz (“sponge, fungus”), variant of *swammaz. Probably a doublet of sopp and sump.

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svamp c

1. (countable and uncountable) mushroom
   • 1984, “Zwampen [Svampen] [The mushroom]”, in Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), Livet i regnskogarna [Life in the rainforests]‎^[1], performed by Electric Banana Band:

     Jag gillar inte höghus, sten och lättbetong. Jag trivs inte i stan, för den är grå och trång. Jag vill bo i en svamp, annars får jag kramp (svamp). Det finns hopp för min kropp i en mullig sopp (svamp). Kom ikväll, och var snäll, till min kantarell (svamp). Titta in, och ta ton, i min champinjon (svamp). Jag vill ut i skogen, i luft och rymd och ljus, och sitta framför svampen, och höra tallens sus. Jag vill bo ... [as before]. Tiderna är hårda, livet är en kamp. Det känns mycket bättre, om jag har min svamp. Jag vill bo ... [as before].

     I don't like high-rise, stone and lightweight concrete. I don't like it in the city, because it [the city] is gray and crowded [tight, cramped]. I want to live in a mushroom, otherwise I get cramps (mushroom). There is hope for my body in a chubby bolete (mushroom). Come tonight, and be nice [kind], to my chanterelle (mushroom). Stop by, and sing ["take tone" – start singing or speaking], in my champignon [common mushroom, like a button mushroom] (mushroom). I want to get out in the forest [want out in the forest], in air and space and light, and sit in front of the mushroom, and hear the sighing of the pine. I want to live ... [as before]. [The] times are hard, [the] life is a struggle. It feels much better, if I have my mushroom. I want to live ... [as before].

2. (countable and uncountable) fungus

   fotsvamp

   athlete's foot [foot fungus]

3. (countable) sponge (piece of porous material used for washing and cleaning)

   Synonym: tvättsvamp

• träsk (“swamp”)

• svamp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svamp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svamp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• svamp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)