propp
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Propp til vask (a sink plug)
See also: Propp
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German propp.
Noun
propp m (definite singular proppen, indefinite plural propper, definite plural proppene)
- a plug
- Hun trykket proppene inn i ørene og skrudde på iPoden. Musikken fylte hodet hennes; Justin Bieber; "Beauty and a Beat". ("Min mor hadde en saks i ryggen" by Unni Lindell, H. Aschehoug & Co. 2015, →ISBN, 9788203360022)
Derived terms
References
- “propp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German propp.
Noun
propp m (definite singular proppen, indefinite plural proppar, definite plural proppane)
- a plug
Derived terms
References
- “propp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German propp (“support (for vines)”), of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from Latin propago (“I extend, propagate”).
Noun
propp c
- a plug for stopping a hole (to prevent some liquid from passing through it, e.g. for a sink)
- a plug or clot or clog blocking flow, e.g. an ice plug, a blood clot, or in a clogged pipe
- Synonym: (blood clot) blodpropp
- a fuse for preventing overcurrent, typically a DIAZED fuse with a screw-in porcelain fuse holder
- Synonyms: proppsäkring, (fuse) säkring
- Det har gått en propp
- A fuse has blown
- (colloquial) a punch
- Han åkte på en propp
- He got punched
- (slang) Short for proposition.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | propp | propps |
| definite | proppen | proppens | |
| plural | indefinite | proppar | proppars |
| definite | propparna | propparnas |
Derived terms
- bananpropp
- blodpropp (“blood clot”)
- budgetpropp
- ispropp
- jackpropp
- jättepropp
- karaffpropp
- mespropp
- proppbildning
- propplösande
- propplösare (“drain cleaner, draino”)
- proppskåp (“fuse box”)
- proppsäkring
- slempropp
- stickpropp
- sugpropp
- trafikpropp
- vaxpropp
- öronpropp (“earplug”)