skäppa

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish skäppa. Compare Danish skæppe, Norwegian Bokmål skjeppe, Old Norse and Faroese skeppa. Possibly doublet of skåp and skopa.

Noun

skäppa c

(historical) bushel (unit of volume equal to about 20 liters)

Declension

Declension of skäppa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skäppa	skäppan	skäppor	skäpporna
Genitive	skäppas	skäppans	skäppors	skäppornas

Further reading

skäppa in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
skäppa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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