rumpa

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rumpen

Noun

rumpa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rumpe

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• rompa, rumpo, roppa

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century.

Noun

rumpa

1. tail
   • Knut Fredrik Söderwall ((Can we date this quote?)) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket‎^[1] (in Swedish), published 1900, page 269: “han (räfven) longa rumpa dragher ― he (the fox) long tail drags”
2. butt, buttocks (of humans)
   • Knut Fredrik Söderwall ((Can we date this quote?)) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket‎^[2] (in Swedish), published 1900, page 269: “the wordo sa qwastad a thera rompa”

Descendants

• Swedish: rumpa

References

• rumpa, page 269 in Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket (1884-1973)

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish rumpa (“tail; buttocks”).

Noun

rumpa c

1. (somewhat colloquial) a butt, a backside, a rump
2. (obsolete) a tail

Usage notes

Bit more cutesy-sounding compared to stjärt.

Declension

Declension of rumpa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rumpa	rumpan	rumpor	rumporna
Genitive	rumpas	rumpans	rumpors	rumpornas

Synonyms

• arsel, arsle, röv, stjärt

Meronyms

• skinka, anus, rövhål (vulgar)

Derived terms

• framrumpa
• len som en barnrumpa (“smooth as a baby's bottom”)

References

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