tapp

See also: Tapp and täpp

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Derived how?”) From the verb tapma.

Noun

tapp (genitive tapu, partitive tappu)

1. killing

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• enesetapp

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

tapp

1. singular imperative of tappen

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) tappõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tappadak.

Verb

tapp

1. kill

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tapp

1. Alternative form of tappe (“plug”)

Etymology 2

Noun

tapp

1. Alternative form of tappe (“gentle touch”)

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish tapper, from Old Norse tappi, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap, plug”), see also English tap, Danish tap.

Noun

tapp c

1. tenon, trunnion, peg, pin
2. tap, faucet, spigot
3. (anatomy) cone cell (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina)
4. (regional, colloquial) gas station

Declension

Declension of tapp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tapp	tappen	tappar	tapparna
Genitive	tapps	tappens	tappars	tapparnas

Derived terms

• axeltapp
• bensintapp
• gängtapp
• hötapp
• istapp
• livmodertapp
• molntapp
• sprundtapp
• svängtapp
• tappformig
• tapphål
• tappkran
• tappstation

 

Etymology 2

Deverbal from tappa. First attested in 1966.

Noun

tapp n

1. drop, reduction, decrease

Declension

Declension of tapp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tapp	tappet	tapp	tappen
Genitive	tapps	tappets	tapps	tappens

Derived terms

• medlemstapp
• poängtapp
• publiktapp

 

Further reading

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