Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en tapp

peg, plug, petrol station, (gas station (US))

Meaning

peg; plug; petrol station, (gas station (US))

In Swedish: utskjutande axel som något vrids omkring

Forms

Forms of tapp
Singular, indefinite	en tapp
Singular, definite	tappen
Plural, indefinite	tappar
Plural, definite	tapparna

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

Practise tapp

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Is it en tapp or ett tapp?

Words built with tapp

istapp icicle

Questions

What does tapp mean in English?

tapp means “peg, plug”.

Is it en tapp or ett tapp?

It is en tapp, and “the peg” is tappen.

What is the plural of tapp?

The plural of tapp is tappar, and the definite plural is tapparna.

Origin

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

Nearby common words

tapp is number 3,492 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,488macka sandwich
3,489avtryck imprint, an impression, an imprint (in a soft surface, or for example a fingerprint)
3,490anklagad acused, accused
3,491aggressiv aggressive, belligerent
3,493neka deny
3,494sökande applicant
3,495uppstå come up
3,497positivt positive

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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