skäppa

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish skäppa. Compare Danish skæppe, Norwegian Bokmål skjeppe, Old Norse and Faroese skeppa. Possibly doublet of skåp and skopa.

Noun

skäppa c

1. (historical) bushel (unit of volume equal to about 20 liters)

Declension

Declension of skäppa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skäppa	skäppas
	definite	skäppan	skäppans
plural	indefinite	skäppor	skäppors
	definite	skäpporna	skäppornas

Further reading

• “skäppa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• skäppa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)