sockertopp

Swedish
A sugar-loaf.

Alternative forms
  • sockertåpp (archaic)

Etymology

Compound of socker (“sugar”) +‎ topp (“top; peak”). According to SO attested since 1543.

Noun

sockertopp c

  1. A sugar-loaf.
    Synonym: sockerpyramid
  2. (simile) A sweetheart.
    Synonyms: hjärtanskär, hjärtesnopp (obsolete), sötnos, älskling
    Min söta lilla sockertopp.
    My little sweetheart.
    (literally, “My sweet little sugarloaf.”)
  3. (obsolete) Synonym of spettekaka.

Declension
Declension of sockertopp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sockertopp sockertoppen sockertoppar sockertopparna
Genitive sockertopps sockertoppens sockertoppars sockertopparnas

See also
  • sockergarn
  • sockerhammare
  • sockerkniv
  • sockerpapper
  • sockersax
  • sockersvarv
  • sockersåg
  • toppsocker

References
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