skåp

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

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

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

  1. a cupboard, closet

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Swedish[edit]

ett skåp
skåp i omklädningsrum
två öppna skåp (köksskåp) (at the top)

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Declension of skåp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skåp skåpet skåp skåpen
Genitive skåps skåpets skåps skåpens

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