glappa

Swedish

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk gleppa (“to slide”), Old Norse glepja. Compare with origin of glipa, glop, gläfsa.

Verb

glappa (present glappar, preterite glappade, supine glappat, imperative glappa)

  1. to have an (undesirable) gap (where things move relatively to each other); to be loose
    Skon glappar i hälen
    The back of the sole of the shoe is loose (and moves relatively to the rest of the shoe)
    Kontakten glappar
    The contact is loose (fails intermittently)
    Käften glappar
    You talk too much (your mouth is loose)

Conjugation

Conjugation of glappa (weak)
active passive
infinitive glappa —
supine glappat —
imperative glappa —
imper. plural1 glappen —
present past present past
indicative glappar glappade — —
ind. plural1 glappa glappade — —
subjunctive2 glappe glappade — —
present participle glappande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Adjective

glappa

  1. inflection of glapp:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

References

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