# Swedish speakers: Name my farm

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-speakers-name-my-farm/677989>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 6, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-speakers-name-my-farm/677989 "2014-01-06T00:52:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-speakers-name-my-farm/677989/21 "2014-01-07T14:03:01Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> \*Vi fånga karp dagligen från våra egna dammar \*

_Vi fånga **r** …_ _Fånga_ (first-person, plural) hasn’t been used since the 40s.

> [@ftg](#):
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> forellengård

Make it _forellgården_ instead.

> [@Norse](#):
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> Nice theory, but utterly wrong. “Nes” in Scandinavian means small cape, or headland.

And is spelled _näs_ in Swedish.

> [@Norse](#):
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> “-torp” is also a very Swedish word. Found in a lot of names of small places in Swedish, but never in Norwegian or Danish. I’ve always thought it meant “small farm” (“torpet” is often used meaning “the farm” in Swedish), but I’m not Swedish and there are some words which are unique to each of the three Scandinavian languages.
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> What about “Karptorpet” (“The carp farm”)?
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> ETA: I was right about the meaning of “torp”: [Torp - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torp)

That is present day usage. You can actually use _torp_ and other words for farms, houses etc to date habitation. Each of them were (mostly) used during a certain period, so if the word is present you will know when the place was first settled.

As it happens my mother grew up on a small manor called Torp.

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**Author:** ![IzzFlrRN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e0b2c6/32.png) [@IzzFlrRN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzFlrRN)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-speakers-name-my-farm/677989/22 "2014-01-08T00:34:33Z")

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Wow, you guys have come up with some beautiful names! Sorry for not coming back sooner. **Plankton,** yes we plan on working it for as much of our own food as possible between us each working full time. We’re not planning on having children, so we need something to keep us busy.

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**Author:** ![IzzFlrRN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e0b2c6/32.png) [@IzzFlrRN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzFlrRN)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-speakers-name-my-farm/677989/23 "2014-01-08T00:39:49Z")

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By the way, we found out that the farmhouse was originally built by Swedish immigrants. The rear porch was intended to become a sauna and one of the fish ponds was actually dug for that reason. We would so love to find out its original name!

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