tapp

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See also: Tapp and täpp

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Derived how?”) From the verb tapma.

Noun[edit]

tapp (genitive tapu, partitive tappu)

  1. killing

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

tapp

  1. singular imperative of tappen

Livonian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *tappadak.

Verb[edit]

tapp

  1. kill

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

tapp

  1. Alternative form of tappe (plug)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

tapp

  1. Alternative form of tappe (gentle touch)

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish tapper, from Old Norse tappi, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (tap, plug), see also English tap, Danish tap.

Noun[edit]

tapp c

  1. tenon, trunnion, peg, pin
  2. tap, faucet, spigot
  3. (anatomy) cone cell (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina)
  4. (regional, colloquial) gas station
Declension[edit]
Declension of tapp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tapp tappen tappar tapparna
Genitive tapps tappens tappars tapparnas
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Deverbal from tappa. First attested in 1966.

Noun[edit]

tapp n

  1. drop, reduction, decrease
Declension[edit]
Declension of tapp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tapp tappet tapp tappen
Genitive tapps tappets tapps tappens
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]