Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en droppe

drop

Meaning

drop

In Swedish: liten vätskepartikel

Forms

Forms of droppe
Singular, indefiniteen droppe
Singular, definitedroppen
Plural, indefinitedroppar
Plural, definitedropparna

droppe is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor droppe, den stora droppen. Check another noun

Practise droppe

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Is it en droppe or ett droppe?

droppe in a sentence

  • inte en droppe
    not a drop
  • en droppe vatten
    a drop of water
  • Vill du ha några droppar kaffe?
    Would you like a drop of coffee?

Words built with droppe

  • ögondroppar eyedrops
  • vattendroppe drop of water
  • droppflaska dropping bottle, IV

Questions

What does droppe mean in English?

droppe means “drop”.

Is it en droppe or ett droppe?

It is en droppe, and “the drop” is droppen.

What is the plural of droppe?

The plural of droppe is droppar, and the definite plural is dropparna.

Origin

From Old Swedish drupi, dropi, from Old Norse dropi, from Proto-Germanic *drupô, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew- (“to crumble, grind”).

Nearby common words

droppe is number 3,962 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary