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Swedish
Etymology
Possibly cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk gleppa (“to slide”), Old Norse glepja. Compare with origin of glipa, glop, gläfsa.
Verb
glappa (present glappar, preterite glappade, supine glappat, imperative glappa)
- to have an (undesirable) gap (where things move relatively to each other); to be loose
Skon glappar i hälen- The back of the sole of the shoe is loose (and moves relatively to the rest of the shoe)
Kontakten glappar- The contact is loose (fails intermittently)
Käften glappar- You talk too much (your mouth is loose)
Conjugation
Conjugation of glappa (weak)
Related terms
Adjective
glappa
- inflection of glapp:
- definite singular
- plural
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