löpsedel

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Headline posters at a Swedish newsstand

Etymology

By surface analysis, löpa (run) +‎ sedel (note). Attested since 1899[1] in modern sense.

Perhaps from German Laufzettel (circular (letter, leaflet, or the like distributed widely), routing slip, (UK) docket). Obsolete senses include circular, routing slip, and complaint note sent to the postal service.

Compare with Danish løbeseddel.

Noun

löpsedel c

  1. headline poster, newspaper poster, (UK) newspaper billboard[2] (poster that promotes a particular issue of a newspaper)
    Synonym: (colloquial) löp
  2. (by extension) front page news, a news event with high public interest
    • 2004, Per Wästberg, Tilbaka i tid, page 126:
      De privata passionerna utspelas numer på löpsedlarna.
      The private passions are today played out on the frontpages.
      (literally, “The private passions are today played out on the headline posters.”)
  3. (post, obsolete) A type of form (e.g. request for extra transport) that is sent from one post office to another nearby post office and repeated until it has achieved its specified purpose.
  4. (by extension, obsolete) A complaints form regarding missing delivery that is handled by every post office along a specified route.

Declension

Declension of löpsedel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative löpsedel löpsedeln löpsedlar löpsedlarna
Genitive löpsedels löpsedelns löpsedlars löpsedlarnas

Descendants

  • Finnish: lööppi

References

  1. ^ Tryckfrihetsåtalet mot Stockholms-Tidningen”, in Kristianstads Läns Tidning, 1899 May 17, retrieved 11 November 2022
  2. ^ “Billboards from around the country”, in BBC News Online, BBC, 2009 April 27, retrieved 4 March 2015