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svamp.

mushroom

5 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. mushroom

    common-gender · countable · uncountable

  2. fungus

    common-gender · countable · uncountable
    fotsvamp

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

    common-gender · countable
Where this word comes from

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

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