rapp

See also: Rapp

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hrapa, from Proto-Germanic *hrapaną, *hrappa- (“fast”), from Proto-Indo-European *krb(ʰ)- (“quickly”).[1]

Adjective

rapp (comparative rappare, superlative rappast)

  1. quick (moving with speed)

Declension
Inflection of rapp
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular rapp rappare rappast
Neuter singular rappt rappare rappast
Plural rappa rappare rappast
Masculine plural3 rappe rappare rappast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 rappe rappare rappaste
All rappa rappare rappaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun

rapp n

  1. a rap, a stroke (with a rod or whip or the like, often as punishment)
    ett rapp på fingrarna med en linjal
    a rap on the fingers with a ruler

Declension
Declension of rapp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rapp rappet rapp rappen
Genitive rapps rappets rapps rappens

Derived terms

Noun

rapp c

  1. (dated) a black horse

Declension
Declension of rapp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rapp rappen rappar rapparna
Genitive rapps rappens rappars rapparnas

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hrappa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 243

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