grop

See also: gróp

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the verb grave

Noun

grop f or m (definite singular gropa or gropen, indefinite plural groper, definite plural gropene)

  1. a depression, hollow, hole, cavity, pothole (in the road)
    • 2013, Stål og snø by George R.R. Martin, Vendetta forlag as →ISBN
      ... begge var smale veier med dype groper etter kjerrene til bønder som hadde dratt korn opp fra elven.
      ... both were narrow roads with deep ruts from the farmers' carts that had carried grain up from the river.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related to the verb grave

Noun

grop f (definite singular gropa, indefinite plural groper, definite plural gropene)

  1. a depression, hollow, hole, cavity, pothole (in the road)

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish grop, grope.

Noun

grop c

  1. hole in the ground
  2. hollow; a sunken area in something solid

Declension
Declension of grop 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grop gropen gropar groparna
Genitive grops gropens gropars groparnas

Derived terms
  • smilgrop
  • väggrop

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse grófr, from Middle Low German grof, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz.

Noun

grop (neuter grofft, comparative gropänä, superlative gropäst)

  1. coarse

Synonyms
  • grótt

Derived terms
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