# svamp
## Danish
### Alternative forms

* svomp, sop, såp, svemme

### Etymology

From Old Danish swamp, from Old East Norse svampr, from Proto-Germanic *swampaz (“sponge, fungus”), variant of *swammaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swombʰ- (“sponge, tree-fungus, swamp”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /svamp/, [ˈsʋɑmˀb̥]

### Noun

svamp c (singular definite svampen, plural indefinite svampe)
* sponge
    drikke som en svamp ― to drink alcohol in large quantities
* fungus
    gå svamp i noget ― to become decayed, corrupted
* mushroom, toadstool
* dry rot
* fungal infection, mycotic infection

#### Derived terms

* brandsvamp
* gærsvamp
* hatsvamp
* hussvamp
* natursvamp
* rustsvamp
* skimmelsvamp
* stinksvamp
* svampebog
* svampecreme
* svampejagt
* svampeskade
* svampet
* tavlesvamp
* tømmersvamp

### References

* “svamp” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “svamp” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -am̥p

### Noun

svamp
* indefinite accusative singular of svampur

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

svamp m (definite singular svampen, indefinite plural svamper, definite plural svampene)
* a sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)
* a sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)

### References

* “svamp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

svamp m (definite singular svampen, indefinite plural svampar, definite plural svampane)
* a sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)
* a sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)

### References

* “svamp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish svamper, from Old East Norse svampr (compare Old West Norse svǫppr). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swampaz (“sponge, fungus”), variant of *swammaz. Probably a doublet of sopp and sump.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

svamp c
* (countable and uncountable) mushroom
** 1984, “Zwampen [Svampen] [The mushroom]”, in Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), Livet i regnskogarna [Life in the rainforests]‎, performed by Electric Banana Band:Jag gillar inte höghus, sten och lättbetong. Jag trivs inte i stan, för den är grå och trång. Jag vill bo i en svamp, annars får jag kramp (svamp). Det finns hopp för min kropp i en mullig sopp (svamp). Kom ikväll, och var snäll, till min kantarell (svamp). Titta in, och ta ton, i min champinjon (svamp). Jag vill ut i skogen, i luft och rymd och ljus, och sitta framför svampen, och höra tallens sus. Jag vill bo ... [as before]. Tiderna är hårda, livet är en kamp. Det känns mycket bättre, om jag har min svamp. Jag vill bo ... [as before].I don't like high-rise, stone and lightweight concrete. I don't like it in the city, because it [the city] is gray and crowded [tight, cramped]. I want to live in a mushroom, otherwise I get cramps (mushroom). There is hope for my body in a chubby bolete (mushroom). Come tonight, and be nice [kind], to my chanterelle (mushroom). Stop by, and sing ["take tone" – start singing or speaking], in my champignon [common mushroom, like a button mushroom] (mushroom). I want to get out in the forest [want out in the forest], in air and space and light, and sit in front of the mushroom, and hear the sighing of the pine. I want to live ... [as before]. [The] times are hard, [the] life is a struggle. It feels much better, if I have my mushroom. I want to live ... [as before].
* (countable and uncountable) fungus
    fotsvampathlete's foot [foot fungus]
* (countable) sponge (piece of porous material used for washing and cleaning)
    Synonym: tvättsvamp

#### Derived terms

* badsvamp (“bath sponge”)
* dricka som en svamp (“drink like a fish”)
* fotsvamp (“athlete's foot”)
* kökssvamp (“kitchen sponge”)
* lägga svampen på
* nagelsvamp (“nail fungus, onychomycosis”)
* skursvamp (“scouring pad”)
* svampinfektion (“fungal infection”)
* tvättsvamp (“sponge”)

#### See also

* träsk (“swamp”)

### References

* svamp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* svamp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* svamp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* svamp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)