Swedish noun

ett rop

shout, call, cry

Meaning

shout, call, cry

In Swedish: yttrande med hög röst som hörs på avstånd

Forms

Forms of rop
Singular, indefinite	ett rop
Singular, definite	ropet
Plural, indefinite	rop
Plural, definite	ropen

rop is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort rop, det stora ropet. Check another noun

Practise rop

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Is it en rop or ett rop?

rop in a sentence

ett rop på hjälp
a call for help
Ropen skalla - bandyhall åt alla.
What do we want? A bandy arena! - When do we want it? Now!

Words built with rop

hurrarop cheer
glädjerop a cry (shout) of joy
nödrop call for help

Questions

What does rop mean in English?

rop means “shout, call, cry”.

Is it en rop or ett rop?

It is ett rop, and “the shout” is ropet.

What is the plural of rop?

rop doesn't change in the plural: ett rop, två rop (definite: ropen).

Origin

From Old Norse hróp.

Nearby common words

rop is number 6,608 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,604spa spa (health resort with (hot) baths, and various treatments)
6,605argumentera argue, argument
6,606försening delay
6,607magister person holding a master's degree; schoolteacher
6,609strejk strike
6,610vitamin vitamin
6,611sannolikt probable
6,612cd alternative letter-case form of CD

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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