sockertopp

Swedish

A sugar-loaf.

Alternative forms

• sockertåpp (archaic)

Etymology

Compound of socker (“sugar”) +‎ topp (“top; peak”). According to SO attested since 1543.

Noun

sockertopp c

1. A sugar-loaf.

   Synonym: sockerpyramid

2. (simile) A sweetheart.

   Synonyms: hjärtanskär, hjärtesnopp (obsolete), sötnos, älskling

   Min söta lilla sockertopp.

   My little sweetheart.

   (literally, “My sweet little sugarloaf.”)

3. (obsolete) Synonym of spettekaka.

Declension

Declension of sockertopp

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sockertopp	sockertopps
	definite	sockertoppen	sockertoppens
plural	indefinite	sockertoppar	sockertoppars
	definite	sockertopparna	sockertopparnas

See also

• sockergarn
• sockerhammare
• sockerkniv
• sockerpapper
• sockersax
• sockersvarv
• sockersåg
• toppsocker

References

• sockertopp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sockertopp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)