torp

English

Noun

torp (plural torps)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of torpedo.
2. (Australian rules football, informal) A torpedo punt.

Alternative forms

• (torpedo): torp.

Anagrams

• -trop-, PORT, Port, Port., Prot., port, prot-, trop, trop-, trop.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also German Dorf, German Low German Dörp, Dorp, Daarp, Dutch dorp and English thorp.

Noun

torp c (singular definite torpen or torpet, plural indefinite torper)

1. (most commonly) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
2. A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also German Dorf, German Low German Dörp, Dorp, Daarp and Dutch dorp.

Noun

torp n (definite singular torpet, indefinite plural torp, definite plural torpa or torpene)

1. (most common) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
2. (optional) A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements.
3. (optional before 1960s) A solitary farm without owned land, renting land from a larger farm nearby.

Derived terms

• torper

See also

• husmannsplass
• småbruk

References

• “torp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þorp.

Noun

torp n (definite singular torpet, indefinite plural torp, definite plural torpa)

1. (most common) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
2. (optional) A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements.
3. (optional before 1960s) A solitary farm without owned land, renting land from a larger farm nearby.

Derived terms

• torpar

See also

• husmannsplass
• småbruk

References

• “torp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also with German Dorf and Dutch dorp.

Noun

torp n

1. (before 16th century) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
2. (16th century) Officially defined as a very small farm.
3. (17th century to early 20th century) A farm, rented from a larger land owner, where the rent was paid through work on the owner's land (dagsverken); a croft
4. (after the 1940's) A small cottage in the countryside.

Declension

Declension of torp

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	torp	torps
	definite	torpet	torpets
plural	indefinite	torp	torps
	definite	torpen	torpens

Related terms

• båtsmanstorp
• dagsverkstorp
• kronotorp
• skogstorp
• soldattorp
• sommartorp
• torpare
• torpstuga
• Trystorp
• ödetorp

 

Descendants

• → Finnish: torppa

References

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

Anagrams

• port, port.