tapp

See also: Tapp and täpp

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Derived how?”) From the verb tapma.

Noun

tapp (genitive tapu, partitive tappu)

  1. killing

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation
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Verb

tapp

  1. singular imperative of tappen

Livonian

Alternative forms
  • (Courland) tappõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tappadak.

Verb

tapp

  1. kill

Middle English

Noun

tapp

  1. Alternative form of tappe (“plug”)

Noun

tapp

  1. Alternative form of tappe (“gentle touch”)

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish tapper, from Old Norse tappi, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap, plug”), see also English tap, Danish tap.

Noun

tapp c

  1. tenon, trunnion, peg, pin
  2. tap, faucet, spigot
  3. (anatomy) cone cell (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina)
  4. (regional, colloquial) gas station
Declension
Declension of tapp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tapp tappen tappar tapparna
Genitive tapps tappens tappars tapparnas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Deverbal from tappa. First attested in 1966.

Noun

tapp n

  1. drop, reduction, decrease
Declension
Declension of tapp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tapp tappet tapp tappen
Genitive tapps tappets tapps tappens
Derived terms
  • medlemstapp
  • poängtapp
  • publiktapp

Further reading
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