tölp
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From older tylp, tylpel, from archaic German Tülpel (equivalent to present-day German Tölpel), from Middle Low German dorper. Doublet of torpare. Regarding the shift in sense from "villager" to "oaf", compare with the origin of the otherwise unrelated French vilain.
Noun[edit]
tölp c
- someone unrefined and ill-mannered
Declension[edit]
| Declension of tölp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | tölp | tölpen | tölpar | tölparna |
| Genitive | tölps | tölpens | tölpars | tölparnas |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- tölp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tölp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tölp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tölp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)