grop

See also: gróp

Catalan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“mass, lump”), probably via Gothic *𐌺𐍂𐌿𐍀𐍀𐍃 (*krupps). Doublet of gropa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɾop]

Noun

grop m (plural grops)

1. knot (in wood)

   Synonym: nus

2. storm cloud
3. (figurative) difficult situation, fix

   Synonym: trifulga

Derived terms

• gropada

Further reading

• “grop”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the verb grave

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːp/

Noun

grop f or m (definite singular gropa or gropen, indefinite plural groper, definite plural gropene)

1. a depression, hollow, hole, cavity, pothole (in the road)
   • 2013, George R.R. Martin, Stål og snø‎, Vendetta forlag as, →ISBN:

     ... begge var smale veier med dype groper etter kjerrene til bønder som hadde dratt korn opp fra elven.

     ... both were narrow roads with deep ruts from the farmers' carts that had carried grain up from the river.

Derived terms

• dyphavsgrop

References

• “grop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related to the verb grave. Compare Swedish grop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːp/

Noun

grop f (definite singular gropa, indefinite plural groper, definite plural gropene)

1. a depression, hollow, hole, cavity, pothole (in the road)

Derived terms

• plyndringsgrop

References

• “grop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

grop m (plural grops)

1. group

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grōpō (“furrow, ditch, trench”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreb-, *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, furrow, scratch”).

Noun

grop f

1. ditch, drain

Descendants

• English: groop

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gróp”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish grop, grope. Doublet of gräva and gruva. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk grop.

Noun

grop c

1. hole in the ground, pit

   gräva en grop

   dig a hole

2. hollow; a sunken area in something solid

Declension

Declension of grop

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	grop	grops
	definite	gropen	gropens
plural	indefinite	gropar	gropars
	definite	groparna	groparnas

Derived terms

• brunstgrop
• dödisgrop
• fallgrop
• granatgrop
• gropig
• grusgrop
• halsgrop
• kokgrop
• krevadgrop
• latringrop
• lejongrop
• maggrop
• navelgrop
• ormgrop
• skrattgrop
• smilgrop
• smörjgrop
• varggrop
• väggrop

Further reading

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

Waigali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾop/

Noun

grop (Nisheigram)

1. womb
2. cozy place