grop

Catalan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“mass, lump”), probably via Gothic *𐌺𐍂𐌿𐍀𐍀𐍃 (*krupps). Doublet of gropa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Noun

grop m (plural grops)

1. knot (in wood)

   Synonym: nus

2. storm cloud
3. (figurative) difficult situation, fix

   Synonym: trifulga

Derived terms

• gropada

Further reading

• “grop” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the verb grave

Noun

grop f or m (definite singular gropa or gropen, indefinite plural groper, definite plural gropene)

1. a depression, hollow, hole, cavity, pothole (in the road)
   • 2013, George R.R. Martin, Stål og snø‎, Vendetta forlag as, →ISBN:

     ... begge var smale veier med dype groper etter kjerrene til bønder som hadde dratt korn opp fra elven.

     ... both were narrow roads with deep ruts from the farmers' carts that had carried grain up from the river.

Derived terms

• dyphavsgrop

References

• “grop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related to the verb grave. Compare Swedish grop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːp/

Noun

grop f (definite singular gropa, indefinite plural groper, definite plural gropene)

1. a depression, hollow, hole, cavity, pothole (in the road)

References

• “grop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

grop m (plural grops)

1. group

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish grop, grope. Doublet of gräva and gruva. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk grop.

Noun

grop c

1. hole in the ground, pit
2. hollow; a sunken area in something solid

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• grop in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• grop in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Waigali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾóp/

Noun

grop

1. womb
2. cozy place