lopp

See also: Lopp, lõpp, and löpp

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) loptõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lop'ëttadak.

Verb

lopp

1. stop
2. cease

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *loppu.

Noun

lopp

1. end

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English loppa.

Noun

lopp

1. Alternative form of loppe (“spider”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin loppa.

Noun

lopp

1. Alternative form of loppe (“bough”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lop, from Middle Low German lôp, from Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, of uncertain origin. Related to the verb löpa, corresponding to German laufen and English leap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔpː/, [lɔpː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔpː

Noun

lopp n

1. a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English)
2. (chiefly in some compounds) a run (act or instance of running)
3. a course (of a river or other watercourse, or more generally a path taken (a run) in some compounds)
4. a bore (tunnel inside a gun's barrel), the inside of a pipe (from notion of a path taken)
5. a course (of time)

   under loppet av ett dygn

   over the course of a day

   inom (loppet av) ett år

   within (the course of) a year

   i det långa loppet

   in the long run

Declension

Declension of lopp

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lopp	lopps
	definite	loppet	loppets
plural	indefinite	lopp	lopps
	definite	loppen	loppens

Derived terms

• avlopp
• belopp
• cykellopp
• förlopp
• inlopp
• Lidingöloppet
• maratonlopp
• omlopp
• sprintlopp
• upplopp
• utlopp
• Vasaloppet

 

See also

• löpa

Verb

lopp

1. (archaic) past indicative of löpa

References

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