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trappa.

staircase, stairway, stairs, flight of stairs

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²trapa/
  1. staircase, stairway, stairs, flight of stairs

    common-gender
    Hon gick upp/ner för trappan
    Trappan har tjugo trappsteg
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish trapa, trappa, borrowed from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā. Similar to Norwegian trapp, Danish trappe and Faroese trappa.

verb/²trapa/
  1. See trappa av, trappa upp and trappa ner.

Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish trapa, trappa, borrowed from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā. Similar to Norwegian trapp, Danish trappe and Faroese trappa.

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