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propp

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Propp til vask (a sink plug)

Etymology

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From Middle Low German propp.

Noun

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propp m (definite singular proppen, indefinite plural propper, definite plural proppene)

  1. a plug
    • Hun trykket proppene inn i ørene og skrudde på iPoden. Musikken fylte hodet hennes; Justin Bieber; "Beauty and a Beat". [1] ("Min mor hadde en saks i ryggen" by Unni Lindell, H. Aschehoug & Co. 2015, →ISBN, 9788203360022)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German propp.

Noun

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propp m (definite singular proppen, indefinite plural proppar, definite plural proppane)

  1. a plug

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German propp (“support (for vines)”), of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from Latin propago (“I extend, propagate”).

Noun

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propp c

  1. a plug for stopping a hole (to prevent some liquid from passing through it, e.g. for a sink)
  2. 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
  3. a fuse for preventing overcurrent, typically a DIAZED fuse with a screw-in porcelain fuse holder
    Synonyms: proppsäkring, (fuse) säkring
  4. (colloquial) a punch
    Han åkte på en propp
    He got punched
  5. (slang) Short for proposition.

Declension

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Declension of propp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative propp proppen proppar propparna
Genitive propps proppens proppars propparnas

Derived terms

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  • propp- (“very (to the point of being plugged up, figuratively)”)
  • proppa (“to stuff”)

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