skumpa

skumpa

Faroese

Etymology

Related to Norwegian Bokmål skumpe, Norwegian Nynorsk skumpa.

Verb

skumpa (third person singular past indicative skumpaði, third person plural past indicative skumpaðu, supine skumpað)

1. to push, to shove
2. to shovel

Conjugation

Conjugation of skumpa (group v-30)
infinitive	skumpa
supine	skumpað
participle (a6)1	skumpandi	skumpaður
	present	past
first singular	skumpi	skumpaði
second singular	skumpar	skumpaði
third singular	skumpar	skumpaði
plural	skumpa	skumpaðu
	imperative
singular	skumpa!
plural	skumpið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish skumpa. Attested since the 15th century.

Verb

skumpa (present skumpar, preterite skumpade, supine skumpat, imperative skumpa)

1. bump, jolt, jump in a jerky manner

Conjugation

Conjugation of skumpa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	skumpa		skumpas
Supine	skumpat		skumpats
Imperative	skumpa		—
Imper. plural1	skumpen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	skumpar	skumpade	skumpas	skumpades
Ind. plural1	skumpa	skumpade	skumpas	skumpades
Subjunctive2	skumpe	skumpade	skumpes	skumpades
	Participles
Present participle	skumpande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

Blend of skum +‎ champagne. Attested since the 1960s.

Noun

skumpa c

1. (colloquial) champers, sparkling wine

   Synonyms: bubbel, mousserande vin

Declension

Declension of skumpa
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skumpa	skumpan	—	—
Genitive	skumpas	skumpans	—	—

See also

• dompa

References

• skumpa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skumpa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skumpa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skumpa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)