dimpa

dimpa

1. bread

Borrowed from French (du) pain (“(some) bread”).

dimpa

1. bread

From Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”), probably imitative.

dimpa (present dimper, preterite damp, supine dumpit or dimpt, imperative dimp)

1. (often with ner (“down”)) to fall heavily (and surprisingly)

   Ett paket damp ner från brevinkastet

   A package dropped through the mail slot with a thud

2. (often with ner (“down”), figuratively) to (surprisingly) appear (somewhere)

• dimpa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dimpa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dimpa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)