lapp

• IPA^(key): [lɑp]

From Old Norse leppr. Compare Icelandic leppur and Danish lap

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lapper, definite plural lappene)

1. a patch
2. a note, small piece of paper
3. a driver's license
4. a type of small, thick pancake

Possibly from a finnic or samic language. Compare Finnish Lappi

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lapper, definite plural lappene)

1. a Lapp, Sami person; person of the Sami people

• same

• “lapp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [lɑp]

From Old Norse leppr.

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lappar, definite plural lappane)

1. patch

   Jakka hadde lappar på olbogane.

   The coat had patches on the elbows.

2. a note, small piece of paper

   Han gav meg ein lapp med ein beskjed på.

   He gave me a note with a message on it.

3. a driver's license
4. a type of small, thick pancake

• åkerlapp

Possibly from a finnic or samic language. Compare Finnish Lappi

lapp m (definite singular lappen, indefinite plural lappar, definite plural lappane)

1. a Lapp, Sami person; person of the Sami people

• same

• “lapp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse leppr. Compare Icelandic leppur, Danish lap, Middle Dutch lappe, Old High German lappa, German Lappen (“patch”), Lithuanian lopas (“patch, piece”) and Latvian lupata (“rag, cloth”).

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lapp c

1. a patch, a piece of any flexible material, used to cover a hole in something; such as a piece of fabric used over a hole in a piece of clothing
2. a small piece of paper; a note

• (patch): lappa, lappning, lapptäcke
• (piece of paper): lapplisa, papperslapp

From Old Swedish lapper; compare Icelandic lappir pl; probably of Finnish origin; compare Finnish lappalainen (“Lap”), after Lappi (“Lapland”), older Finnish also lapp; original meaning unknown.[1]

lapp c

1. a Lapp, a Sami person; a person of the Sami people

• The word same (“a Sami person”) is recently the politically correct ethnic term. However, in everyday life lapp is currently used by both Swedes and Lapps in non-derogatory fashion.

• lappdräkt, lappkåta, Lappland

• same