skepp

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Swedish

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ett skepp (sense 1)
mittskepp (sense 2)
sidoskepp (sense 2)
tvärskepp (sense 2)

Etymology

From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɧɛp/
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Noun

skepp n

  1. a ship (large water vessel)
    • 1970, “Kalle Teodor”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music)‎:
      I storm på Biskaya gick skeppet i kvav, skeppet han segla' , Kalle Teodor, och därför vilar han nu i sin grav, vaggad av sjögräs, Kalle Teodor. Men en stormnatt kan du höra nån som ropar: Hej hå! Ifrån havets djup det kommer, och det låter så: Hej hå! Hej hå!
      In stormy weather in Biscay, the ship went down, the ship he was sailing, Kalle Teodor, and therefore he now rests in his grave, cradled by seaweed, Kalle Teodor. But on a stormy night you can hear someone calling: Hey ho! From the ocean depths ), for example] it comes, and it sounds like that: Hey ho! Hey ho!
  2. each third of the nave, a large section of the open space in a church as separated by columns

Declension

Declension of skepp
nominative genitive
singular indefinite skepp skepps
definite skeppet skeppets
plural indefinite skepp skepps
definite skeppen skeppens

Synonyms

(vessel):

(room in a church):

See also

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