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trappa

Faroese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā. Similar to Norwegian trapp, Danish trappe and Swedish trappa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trappa f (genitive singular trappu, plural trappur)

  1. stairs, stairway

Declension

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Declension of trappa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative trappa trappan trappur trappurnar
accusative trappu trappuna trappur trappurnar
dative trappu trappuni trappum trappunum
genitive trappu trappunnar trappa trappanna

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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trappa

  1. third-person singular past historic of trapper

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Germanic. Compare Old English træppe. Found in the Lex Salica.[1]

Noun

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trappa f (genitive trappae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. trap
  2. trapdoor

Inflection

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trappa trappae
Genitive trappae trappārum
Dative trappae trappīs
Accusative trappam trappās
Ablative trappā trappīs
Vocative trappa trappae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: trapa
  • Franco-Provençal: trapa
  • Old French: trape, trappe
  • Occitan: trapa

References

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  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “trappa”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1040

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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trappa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of trapp

Norwegian Nynorsk

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trappa f

  1. definite singular of trapp

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish trapa, trappa, borrowed from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā. Similar to Norwegian trapp, Danish trappe and Faroese trappa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trappa c

  1. staircase, stairway, stairs, flight of stairs
    Hon gick upp/ner för trappan
    She walked up/down the stairs
    Trappan har tjugo trappsteg
    The staircase has twenty steps

Declension

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Declension of trappa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative trappa trappan trappor trapporna
Genitive trappas trappans trappors trappornas

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Verb

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trappa (present trappar, preterite trappade, supine trappat, imperative trappa)

  1. See trappa av, trappa upp and trappa ner.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of trappa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive trappa trappas
Supine trappat trappats
Imperative trappa —
Imper. plural1 trappen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative trappar trappade trappas trappades
Ind. plural1 trappa trappade trappas trappades
Subjunctive2 trappe trappade trappes trappades
Participles
Present participle trappande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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