svip

Danish

Etymology

From svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), from Old Norse svipa (“to move swiftly; whip”), from Proto-Germanic *swipōną (“to move”). Compare Old English swipu (“a scourge, whip”). More at swipe.

Noun

svip n (singular definite svippet, plural indefinite svip)

  1. flick, swish
    i en svip, i et svip
    in an instant
  2. short trip (sviptur)
  3. madness, anger (få svip)

Inflection
Declension of svip
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svip svippet svip svippene
genitive svips svippets svips svippenes

Icelandic

Noun

svip

  1. inflection of svipur:
    1. indefinite accusative singular
    2. indefinite dative singular

Volapük

Noun

svip (nominative plural svips)

  1. broom

Declension
declension of svip
singular plural
nominative svip svips
genitive svipa svipas
dative svipe svipes
accusative svipi svipis
vocative 1 o svip! o svips!
predicative 2 svipu svipus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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