bottennapp
Swedish
Etymology
From botten (“bottom”) + napp (“bite (of a baited hook or other lure)”).
Noun
bottennapp n
- (fishing) a fish hook getting snagged on something on the bottom of a body of water
- Han fick bottennapp
- His fish hook got snagged on something on the bottom
- (figuratively, colloquial) a complete failure, a flop, a fiasco, a low point
- Deras nya album är ett riktigt bottennapp
- Their new album is a real low point for them
Declension
| Declension of bottennapp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bottennapp | bottennappet | bottennapp | bottennappen |
| Genitive | bottennapps | bottennappets | bottennapps | bottennappens |
References
- bottennapp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bottennapp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)