Noun: svip
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | svip |
| Sg. definite | svippet |
| Pl. indefinite | svip |
| Pl. definite | svippene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | svips |
| Sg. definite | svippets |
| Pl. indefinite | svips |
| Pl. definite | svippenes |
Sample Sentences
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i en svip, i et svip (in an instant)
Nouns inflected like svip
papirklip,
hjertestop,
hop,
kap,
kup,
pip,
dryp,
flop,
klip,
svip,
Etymology
From svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), from Old Norse svipa (“to move swiftly; whip”), from Proto-Germanic *swipōną (“to move”). Compare Old English swipu (“a scourge, whip”). More at swipe. See: Old Norse Nouns '
svipa', Old English Nouns '
swipu'.
Verbs referencing "svip"
Icelandic Nouns
svipur.
Translations