Swedish adverb· top 5,000 most common

ikapp

as a race, by racing, competitively, catching up with

Meaning

as a race, by racing, competitively; catching up with

In Swedish: ifatt

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What does ikapp mean?

ikapp in a sentence

  • springa ikapp bussen
    run for the bus
  • låt oss springa ikapp
    let us race (running)
  • jag kan inte springa ikapp dig
    I can't catch up with you (running)

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What does ikapp mean in English?

ikapp means “as a race, by racing, competitively, catching up with”.

Origin

From Old Norse kapp (“energy, zeal”), itself a variant of kamp (“battle”), probably via Middle Low German from Latin campus (“field, battlefield”).

Nearby common words

ikapp is number 4,321 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. Browse the dictionary