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klippa.

a cliff, a rock (a cliff, or a rock formation with a cliff or cliffs (a steep rock formation, put differently) – compare how "up on the cliff" makes sense for not being on the actual cliff in English)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a cliff, a rock (a cliff, or a rock formation with a cliff or cliffs (a steep rock formation, put differently) – compare how "up on the cliff" makes sense for not being on the actual cliff in English)

    common-gender
    Segla mot klipporna där borta
    en brant klippa
  2. bedrock

    common-gender
  3. a rock (something strong, stable, and dependable – usually a person)

    common-gender · figuratively
    Han är en klippa som alltid hjälper till när det är problem
    Så säger ock jag dig att du är Petrus; och på denna klippa skall jag bygga min församling
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German klippe, related to klif (“cliff, rock”), from Old Saxon *klif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.

verb
  1. to cut with scissors, shears, or the like (cut with two blades or the like in a snipping motion), to clip (compare skära)

    Han klippte av tråden med saxen
    Hon klippte ut bilden ur tidningen
  2. to cut with scissors, shears, or the like (cut with two blades or the like in a snipping motion), to clip (compare skära) to cut someone's hair

    Jag klippte henne(s hår)
    klippa pottfrisyr på någon
  3. to cut with scissors, shears, or the like (cut with two blades or the like in a snipping motion), to clip (compare skära) to get a haircut (done by someone else or oneself)

    reflexive
    Jag ska klippa mig imorgon
    Jag ska klippa pottfrisyr
  4. to cut with scissors, shears, or the like (cut with two blades or the like in a snipping motion), to clip (compare skära) to shear (a sheep)

    klippa ett får
  5. to cut with scissors, shears, or the like (cut with two blades or the like in a snipping motion), to clip (compare skära) to cut (connections with someone or the like)

    figuratively
    klippa alla band med någon
  6. to cut with scissors, shears, or the like (cut with two blades or the like in a snipping motion), to clip (compare skära) to do a (repeated) scissors-like motion

    figuratively
    Hästen klippte med öronen
    klippa med ögonen
  7. to mow (a lawn), to trim (a hedge), or the like (with any implement)

    idiomatic
    Jag klipper gräset
  8. to cut (cease recording activities)

  9. to cut (edit a film)

    att klippa en film
  10. to clip

  11. to clip

  12. to kill

    colloquial
    Klipp honom!
  13. to no longer be any chance for a good outcome

    Får vakterna syn på oss så är det klippt
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse klippa, klyppa.

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