propp

See also: Propp

Norwegian Bokmål

Propp til vask (a sink plug)

Etymology

From Middle Low German propp.

Noun

propp m (definite singular proppen, indefinite plural propper, definite plural proppene)

1. a plug
   • Hun trykket proppene inn i ørene og skrudde på iPoden. Musikken fylte hodet hennes; Justin Bieber; "Beauty and a Beat". [1] ("Min mor hadde en saks i ryggen" by Unni Lindell, H. Aschehoug & Co. 2015, →ISBN, 9788203360022)

Derived terms

• blodpropp
• ørepropp

References

• “propp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German propp.

Noun

propp m (definite singular proppen, indefinite plural proppar, definite plural proppane)

1. a plug

Derived terms

• blodpropp

References

• “propp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German propp (“support (for vines)”), of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from Latin propago (“I extend, propagate”).

Noun

propp c

1. a plug for stopping a hole (to prevent some liquid from passing through it, e.g. for a sink)
2. a plug or clot or clog blocking flow, e.g. an ice plug, a blood clot, or in a clogged pipe

   Synonym: (blood clot) blodpropp

3. a fuse for preventing overcurrent, typically a DIAZED fuse with a screw-in porcelain fuse holder

   Synonyms: proppsäkring, (fuse) säkring

   Det har gått en propp

   A fuse has blown [It has gone a fuse]

4. (colloquial) a punch

   Han åkte på en propp

   He got punched

5. (slang) Short for proposition.

Declension

Declension of propp

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	propp	propps
	definite	proppen	proppens
plural	indefinite	proppar	proppars
	definite	propparna	propparnas

Derived terms

• bananpropp
• blodpropp (“blood clot”)
• budgetpropp
• ispropp
• jackpropp
• jättepropp
• karaffpropp
• mespropp
• proppbildning
• propplösande
• propplösare (“drain cleaner, draino”)
• proppskåp (“fuse box”)
• proppsäkring
• slempropp
• stickpropp
• sugpropp
• trafikpropp
• vaxpropp
• öronpropp (“earplug”)

 

Related terms

• propp- (“very (to the point of being plugged up, figuratively)”)
• proppa (“to stuff”)

References

• propp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• propp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• propp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)