torp
English
Noun
torp (plural torps)
- (informal) Abbreviation of torpedo.
Alternative forms
- (torpedo): torp.
Anagrams
- PORT, Port, Port., Prot., port, prot-, trop, trop.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also with German Dorf and Dutch dorp.
Noun
torp n (definite singular torpet, indefinite plural torp, definite plural torpa or torpene)
- (most common) a solitary farm, distant from other settlements
- (optional) a solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements
- (optional before 1960s) a solitary farm without owned land, renting land from a larger farm nearby
Related terms
- husmannsplass
- småbruk
References
- “torp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse þorp.
Noun
torp n (definite singular torpet, indefinite plural torp, definite plural torpa)
- (most common) a solitary farm, distant from other settlements
- (optional) a solitary group of farms, distant from other settlements
- (optional before 1960s) a solitary farm without owned land, renting land from a larger farm nearby
Related terms
- husmannsplass
- småbruk
References
- “torp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also with German Dorf and Dutch dorp.
Noun
torp n
- (before 16th century) A solitary farm, distant from other settlements.
- (16th century) Officially defined as a very small farm.
- (17th century to early 20th century) A farm, rented from a larger land owner, where the rent was paid through work on the owner's land (dagsverken).
- (after the 1940's) A small cottage in the countryside.
Declension
| Declension of torp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | torp | torpet | torp | torpen |
| Genitive | torps | torpets | torps | torpens |
Related terms
- båtsmanstorp
- dagsverkstorp
- kronotorp
- skogstorp
- soldattorp
- torpare
- Trystorp