skåp

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See also: skap, skaap, skáp, and -skap

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian skáp, from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą.

Pronunciation

Noun

skåp n (definite singular skåpet, indefinite plural skåp, definite plural skåpa)

  1. a cupboard, closet

References

Swedish

ett skåp
skåp i omklädningsrum
två öppna skåp (köksskåp) (at the top)

Etymology

From Old Swedish skap, from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą. Cognate with Icelandic skápur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

skåp n

  1. (furniture) a cabinet, a cupboard, a locker (either separate from, or built into, a wall, usually with shelves)
  2. (slang, derogatory) an unattractive (large) woman
    Magnus drog hem ett skåp från krogen
    Magnus pulled a "cabinet" home from the pub

Declension

Declension of skåp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skåp skåpet skåp skåpen
Genitive skåps skåpets skåps skåpens

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