svamp

Danish

Alternative forms

• svomp, sop, såp, svemme

Etymology

From Old Danish swamp, from Old East Norse svampr, from Proto-Germanic *swammaz (“sponge, fungus”), from Proto-Indo-European *swombʰ- (“sponge, tree-fungus, swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svamp/, [ˈsʋɑmˀb̥]

Noun

svamp c (singular definite svampen, plural indefinite svampe)

1. sponge

   drikke som en svamp ― to drink alcohol in large quantities

2. fungus

   gå svamp i noget ― to become decayed, corrupted

3. mushroom, toadstool
4. dry rot
5. fungal infection, mycotic infection

Declension

Declension of svamp

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svamp	svampen	svampe	svampene
genitive	svamps	svampens	svampes	svampenes

Derived terms

• brandsvamp
• gærsvamp
• hatsvamp
• hussvamp
• natursvamp
• rustsvamp
• skimmelsvamp
• stinksvamp
• svampebog
• svampecreme
• svampejagt
• svampeskade
• svampet
• tavlesvamp
• tømmersvamp

 

References

• “svamp” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “svamp” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -am̥p

Noun

svamp

1. indefinite accusative singular of svampur

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

svamp m (definite singular svampen, indefinite plural svamper, definite plural svampene)

1. a sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)
2. a sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)

References

• “svamp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svamp m (definite singular svampen, indefinite plural svampar, definite plural svampane)

1. a sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)
2. a sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)

References

• “svamp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish svamper, from Old East Norse svampr (compare Old West Norse svǫppr). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swammaz. Probably a doublet of sopp and sump.

Pronunciation

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Noun

svamp c

1. (countable and uncountable) mushroom
   • 1984, “Zwampen [Svampen] [The mushroom]”, in Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), Livet i regnskogarna [Life in the rainforests], performed by Electric Banana Band:

     Jag gillar inte höghus, sten och lättbetong. Jag trivs inte i stan, för den är grå och trång. Jag vill bo i en svamp, annars får jag kramp (svamp). Det finns hopp för min kropp i en mullig sopp (svamp). Kom ikväll, och var snäll, till min kantarell (svamp). Titta in, och ta ton, i min champinjon (svamp). Jag vill ut i skogen, i luft och rymd och ljus, och sitta framför svampen, och höra tallens sus. Jag vill bo ... [as before]. Tiderna är hårda, livet är en kamp. Det känns mycket bättre, om jag har min svamp. Jag vill bo ... [as before].

     I don't like high-rise, stone and lightweight concrete. I don't like it in the city, because it [the city] is gray and crowded [tight, cramped]. I want to live in a mushroom, otherwise I get cramps (mushroom). There is hope for my body in a chubby bolete (mushroom). Come tonight, and be nice [kind], to my chanterelle (mushroom). Stop by, and sing ["take tone" – start singing or speaking], in my champignon [common mushroom, like a button mushroom] (mushroom). I want to get out in the forest [want out in the forest], in air and space and light, and sit in front of the mushroom, and hear the sighing of the pine. I want to live ... [as before]. [The] times are hard, [the] life is a struggle. It feels much better, if I have my mushroom. I want to live ... [as before].

2. (countable and uncountable) fungus

   fotsvamp

   athlete's foot [foot fungus]

3. (countable) sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)

Declension

Declension of svamp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	svamp	svampen	svampar	svamparna
Genitive	svamps	svampens	svampars	svamparnas

Derived terms

• dricka som en svamp (“drink like a fish”)
• fotsvamp
• lägga svampen på

See also

• träsk (“swamp”)

Further reading

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