skumpa

See also: škumpa

Faroese

Etymology

Related to Norwegian Bokmål skumpe, Norwegian Nynorsk skumpa.

Verb

skumpa (third person singular past indicative skumpaði, third person plural past indicative skumpaðu, supine skumpað)

1. to push, to shove
2. to shovel

Conjugation

Conjugation of skumpa (group v-30)

infinitive	skumpa
supine	skumpað
	present	past
first singular	skumpi	skumpaði
second singular	skumpar	skumpaði
third singular	skumpar	skumpaði
plural	skumpa	skumpaðu
participle (a6)1	skumpandi	skumpaður
	imperative
singular	skumpa!
plural	skumpið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Swedish skumpa. Attested since the 15th century.

Verb

skumpa (present skumpar, preterite skumpade, supine skumpat, imperative skumpa)

1. bump, jolt, jump in a jerky manner
   1. flounce

Conjugation

Conjugation of skumpa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	skumpa		skumpas
supine	skumpat		skumpats
imperative	skumpa		—
imper. plural1	skumpen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	skumpar	skumpade	skumpas	skumpades
ind. plural1	skumpa	skumpade	skumpas	skumpades
subjunctive2	skumpe	skumpade	skumpes	skumpades
present participle		skumpande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

From skum. First attested in 1965.

Noun

skumpa c

1. (colloquial) bubbly, champers (champagne)

   Synonyms: champagne, (sparkling wine, colloquial) bubbel, (sparkling wine) mousserande vin

Declension

Declension of skumpa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skumpa	skumpas
	definite	skumpan	skumpans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• dompa

References

• “skumpa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “skumpa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skumpa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• skumpa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)