ikapp
Meaning
as a race, by racing, competitively; catching up with
In Swedish: ifatt
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ikapp in a sentence
- springa ikapp bussenrun for the bus
- låt oss springa ikapplet us race (running)
- jag kan inte springa ikapp digI can't catch up with you (running)
Questions
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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