glapp
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
glapp
- past tense of gleppa
Swedish
Noun
glapp n
- an (undesirable) gap (where things move relatively to each other)
- (figuratively) a gap (between things that ought to be better connected)
- glappet mellan teori och praktik ― the gap between theory and practice
Declension
| Declension of glapp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | glapp | glappet | glapp | glappen |
| Genitive | glapps | glappets | glapps | glappens |
Adjective
glapp (comparative glappare, superlative glappast)
- "Att vara glapp" is the same as "att glappa." See that verb.
Declension
| Inflection of glapp | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | glapp | glappare | glappast |
| Neuter singular | glappt | glappare | glappast |
| Plural | glappa | glappare | glappast |
| Masculine plural3 | glappe | glappare | glappast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | glappe | glappare | glappaste |
| All | glappa | glappare | glappaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Related terms
- glappa (“be loose”)
See also
- glipa (“gap”)
References
- glapp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- glapp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- glapp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)