sockertopp

Swedish

A sugar-loaf.

Alternative forms

• sockertåpp (archaic)

Etymology

Compound of socker (“sugar”) +‎ topp (“top; peak”). According to SO attested since 1543.

Noun

sockertopp c

1. A sugar-loaf.

   Synonym: sockerpyramid

2. (simile) A sweetheart.

   Synonyms: hjärtanskär, hjärtesnopp (obsolete), sötnos, älskling

   Min söta lilla sockertopp.

   My little sweetheart.

   (literally, “My sweet little sugarloaf.”)

3. (obsolete) Synonym of spettekaka.

Declension

Declension of sockertopp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sockertopp	sockertoppen	sockertoppar	sockertopparna
Genitive	sockertopps	sockertoppens	sockertoppars	sockertopparnas

See also

• sockergarn
• sockerhammare
• sockerkniv
• sockerpapper
• sockersax
• sockersvarv
• sockersåg
• toppsocker

References

• sockertopp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sockertopp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)