skrap
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch schrappen, from Middle Dutch schrappen.
Pronunciation
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Verb
skrap (present skrap, present participle skrappende, past participle geskrap)
Danish
Etymology
Transformed from the adjective skarp, and under the influence from Dutch schrap.
Adjective
skrap (neuter skrapt, plural and definite singular attributive skrappe)
Inflection
| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | skrap | skrappere | skrappest2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | skrapt | skrappere | skrappest2 |
| plural | skrappe | skrappere | skrappest2 |
| definite attributive1 | skrappe | skrappere | skrappeste |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Synonyms
References
- “skrap” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse skrap and skrapa.
Noun
skrap n (definite singular skrapet, indefinite plural skrap, definite plural skrapa or skrapene)
Verb
skrap
- imperative of skrape
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse skrap and skrapa.
Noun
skrap n (definite singular skrapet, indefinite plural skrap, definite plural skrapa)
Derived terms
- skrapjarn
- skrapekunst
References
- “skrap” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from skrapa (“scrape, scratch”).
Noun
skrap n
- (sound of) scraping, scrape
- Synonym: skrapande
- a scratch (instance of scratching a scratch card (skraplott))
- scrapings, scraps (something scraped off, sometimes figuratively (of something more or less worthless or the worst of its kind or the like))
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skrap | skraps |
| definite | skrapet | skrapets | |
| plural | indefinite | skrap | skraps |
| definite | skrapen | skrapens |
Derived terms
References
- “skrap”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “skrap”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “skrap”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Tok Pisin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
skrap
- fond of
Noun
skrap
Verb
skrap