UrsprungFrom Old Norse dumpa (“to thump”), probably imitative.
- oftento fall heavily (and surprisingly)
“Ett paket damp ner från brevinkastet” — A package dropped through the mail slot with a thud
- figuratively, oftento (surprisingly) appear (somewhere)
Formerdimper(present) · damp(preterite) · dumpit(supine) · dimpt(supine) · dimp(imperative) · dimpa(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · dumpit(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · dimp(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · dimpen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · dimper(active, indicative, present) · damp(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · dimpa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · dumpo(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)