Noun: grantopp
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | grantopp |
| Pl. | grantopper |
Definite
| Sg. | grantoppen |
| Pl. | grantoppene |
Sample Sentences
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[en irisk] i granetop har søde drossels barm med sang at føde ([an irish] in the top of a spruce has sweet thrushes bosom with song to give birth) [1852, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter I, page 116:]
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men hør! – hvad er det, som kan runge med malmets klang i granetop? (but listen! - what is it that can resonate with the sound of the ore in the spruce top?) [1848, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 157:]
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grantoppens susen (the whistle of the spruce crown) [1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 61:]
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den røde nyttårssola lyste over grantoppene i baklia (the red New Year's sun shone over the spruce tops in the back) [1964, Alf Prøysen, Den grønne votten, page 9:]
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lyset flyter som silkebånd mellom grantoppene (the light flows like silk ribbons between the spruce tops) [1959, Axel Jensen, Line, page 279:]
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de rapper hønseegg og klatrer opp i skjærereir med dem i håp om at det skal si kykeliky fra grantoppene (they grab chicken eggs and climb into cutting nests with them in the hope that it will say cock-a-doodle-doo from the spruce tops) [1997, Tove Nilsen, G for Georg, pages 15–16:]
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høre de melankolske trillene til svarttrosten øverst i grantoppen (hear the melancholy trills of the blackbird at the top of the spruce top) [1999, Kim Småge, Koksbiter og trollsplint:]
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månen var borte bak grantoppene (the moon was gone behind the spruce tops) [1991, Tormod Haugen, Øglene kommer:]
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jeg så opp og så grantoppene svaie og piske mot hverandre (I looked up and saw the spruce tops swaying and whipping towards each other) [2003, Per Petterson, Ut og stjæle hester:]
Nouns inflected like grantopp
tjuendedag,
billettautomat,
bestevenn,
synops,
syklon,
syklus,
abiturient,
forsnevring,
kroppsdel,
snøbre,
lekeplass,
sesjon,
sesong,
septim,
sefard,
seilas,
sektor,
sement,
sensor,
sensur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
gran + topp, first part from Old Norse grǫn (“spruce, pine tree”), from Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, bristles”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrān- (“edge, end, tip”). Last part from Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“tuft, top, summit”), either a secondary formation from *tebō, *tappaz (“tuft, knot, peg”), or from earlier *tumpaz with irregular development *mp > *pp, from Proto-Indo-European *dewmb- (“penis, tail, rod”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
grǫn', Old Norse Nouns '
toppr'.
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