blippa

Swedish

Etymology

Affix of blipp +‎ -a. Borrowed from English blip, with onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

A person who will blippa (“scan”) the bar code on a box.

A person who blippar (“scan”) their contactless paycard against a reader.

blippa (present blippar, preterite blippade, supine blippat, imperative blippa)

1. To make a short blip sound. [since 2004]

   Coordinate term: pipa

   Datorn blippade till, är det bra?

   The computer blipped, is that good?

2. To scan with a barcode reader. [since 2007]

   Synonyms: läsa, skanna

   Anna blippar varor snabbare än de andra kassörerna.

   Anna scans items faster than the other cashiers.

3. (intransitive or transitive) Hold a card or device against a contactless reader, especially a payment card. [since 2015]

   Blippa kortet på läsaren.

   Touch the card against the reader.

   (literally, “Blip the card on the reader.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of blippa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	blippa		blippas
Supine	blippat		blippats
Imperative	blippa		—
Imper. plural1	blippen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	blippar	blippade	blippas	blippades
Ind. plural1	blippa	blippade	blippas	blippades
Subjunctive2	blippe	blippade	blippes	blippades
	Participles
Present participle	blippande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• blippa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• blippa in Svensk ordbok (SO)