tölp
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom older tylp, tylpel, from archaic German Tülpel (equivalent to present-day German Tölpel), from Middle Low German dorper. Doublet of torpare. Regarding the shift in sense from "villager" to "oaf", compare with the origin of the otherwise unrelated French vilain.
Noun
edittölp c
- someone unrefined and ill-mannered
Declension
editDeclension of tölp | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tölp | tölpen | tölpar | tölparna |
Genitive | tölps | tölpens | tölpars | tölparnas |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- tölp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tölp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tölp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tölp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)