torp
English edit
Noun edit
torp (plural torps)
Alternative forms edit
- (torpedo): torp.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also German Dorf, German Low German Dörp, Dorp, Daarp, Dutch dorp and English thorp.
Noun edit
torp c (singular definite torpen or torpet, plural indefinite torper)
- (most commonly) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
- A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also German Dorf, German Low German Dörp, Dorp, Daarp and Dutch dorp.
Noun edit
torp n (definite singular torpet, indefinite plural torp, definite plural torpa or torpene)
- (most common) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
- (optional) A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements.
- (optional before 1960s) A solitary farm without owned land, renting land from a larger farm nearby.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “torp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
torp n (definite singular torpet, indefinite plural torp, definite plural torpa)
- (most common) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
- (optional) A solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements.
- (optional before 1960s) A solitary farm without owned land, renting land from a larger farm nearby.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- “torp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also with German Dorf and Dutch dorp.
Noun edit
torp n
- (before 16th century) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
- (16th century) Officially defined as a very small farm.
- (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
- (after the 1940's) A small cottage in the countryside.
Declension edit
Declension of torp | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | torp | torpet | torp | torpen |
Genitive | torps | torpets | torps | torpens |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: torppa
References edit
- 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)