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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

svip.

flick, swish

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. flick, swish

    neuter
    i en svip, i et svip

  2. short trip (sviptur)

    neuter

  3. madness, anger (få svip)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From svippe (“to smack; crack a whip”), from Old Norse svipa (“to move swiftly; whip”), from Proto-Germanic *swipōną (“to move”). Compare Old English swipu (“a scourge, whip”). More at swipe.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.