svip

Danish

Etymology

From svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), from Old Norse svipa (“to move swiftly; whip”), from Proto-Germanic *swipōną (“to move”). Compare Old English swipu (“a scourge, whip”). More at swipe.

Noun

svip n (singular definite svippet, plural indefinite svip)

1. flick, swish

   i en svip, i et svip

   in an instant

2. short trip (sviptur)
3. madness, anger (få svip)

Inflection

Declension of svip

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svip	svippet	svip	svippene
genitive	svips	svippets	svips	svippenes

Icelandic

Noun

svip

1. inflection of svipur:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular

Volapük

Noun

svip (nominative plural svips)

1. broom

Declension

declension of svip

	singular	plural
nominative	svip	svips
genitive	svipa	svipas
dative	svipe	svipes
accusative	svipi	svipis
vocative 1	o svip!	o svips!
predicative 2	svipu	svipus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only