tabbe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swedish tabbe.

Noun

tabbe m (definite singular tabben, indefinite plural tabber, definite plural tabbene)

1. a blunder, mistake

References

• “tabbe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish tabbe.

Noun

tabbe m (definite singular tabben, indefinite plural tabbar, definite plural tabbane)

1. a blunder, mistake

References

• “tabbe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²taˌbɛ/
• Rhymes: -²abɛ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tabbe c

1. a blunder, mistake

   Det där var en rejäl tabbe

   That was a major blunder

Declension

Declension of tabbe

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tabbe	tabbes
	definite	tabben	tabbens
plural	indefinite	tabbar	tabbars
	definite	tabbarna	tabbarnas

Derived terms

• dundertabbe

Related terms

• tabba sig (“goof up”)
• tabbig

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish tabanca.

Noun

tabbe c

1. (slang) a pistol

Declension

Declension of tabbe

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tabbe	tabbes
	definite	tabben	tabbens
plural	indefinite	tabbar	tabbars
	definite	tabbarna	tabbarnas

References

• “tabbe”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tabbe”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “tabbe”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Slangopedia