häpen

See also: hapen

Swedish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Possibly cognate with Icelandic heppinn.

Adjective

häpen (comparative häpnare, superlative häpnast)

1. surprised, astounded, astonished

Declension

Inflection of häpen
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	häpen	häpnare	häpnast
Neuter singular	häpet	häpnare	häpnast
Plural	häpna	häpnare	häpnast
Masculine plural3	häpne	häpnare	häpnast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	häpne	häpnare	häpnaste
All	häpna	häpnare	häpnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• häpna
• häpnad

References

• häpen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• häpen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• häpen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• häpen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• häpne