fallrep
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch valreep. By surface analysis, fall + rep. Originally about the two ropes on either side of the ladder. Cognate of Danish faldereb, German Fallreep.
Noun
fallrep n
- (nautical) accommodation ladder
- (in "vara på fallrepet") on the ropes (going downhill, about to fail)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fallrep | fallreps |
| definite | fallrepet | fallrepets | |
| plural | indefinite | fallrep | fallreps |
| definite | fallrepen | fallrepens |
References
- “fallrep”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “fallrep”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “fallrep”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- fallrep in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)