kop

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Contents 1 Afrikaans 1.1 Noun 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.1.1.1 Usage notes 3.1.1.2 Synonyms 3.1.1.3 Antonyms 3.1.1.4 Derived terms 3.1.2 Verb 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 See also 4 Slovene 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun

[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Noun

kop

1. head

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

kop (singular indefinite en kop, singular definite koppen, plural indefinite kopper, plural definite kopperne)

1. cup; A concave vessel for holding liquid, generally adorned with either a handle or a stem (confer goblet, glass.)

   Pour the wine into the cup.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology 1

From Germanic; cognate with English cop, German Kopf.

[edit] Noun

kop m. (plural koppen, diminutive kopje)

1. animal head (except horses)

   Buldogs hebben een angstaanjagende kop.

   Bulldogs have a scaring head.

2. meat product made from an animal's head
3. (colloquial) human head

   Hou je kop!

   Shut up!

4. (colloquial, by extension) A (male) human.

   Wat een kwaaie kop!

   Now that’s an angry guy!

5. The head of a nail, pin etc.

   Je slaat de spijker op de kop.

   Exactly.

6. The front, the lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control.

   De underdog ligt op kop.

   The underdog is in the lead.

7. Heads, the side of a coin or banknote on which a head may be printed.

[edit] Usage notes

It is considered unpolite to refer to someone’s head with kop; hoofd should be used instead. In some dialects, however, kop is the normal word for head.

For animals, the usual term is kop, although for horses, hoofd is used.

[edit] Synonyms

• (horse head): hoofd
• (human head): hoofd
• (coin side) beeldenaar

[edit] Antonyms

• (heads): munt

[edit] Derived terms

boorkop kalfskop kopbal kopman koppig kopploeg

kopschool kopschuw kopspijker kopstuk kopzorg moorkop varkenskop

de spijker op de kop slaan spijkers met koppen slaan op kop liggen kop of munt

[edit] Verb

imperative and singular present imperfect forms of koppen

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

kop f. (plural koppen, diminutive kopje)

1. cup (for drinking)
2. its content, a helping of beverage served in a cup

   Kopje thee?

   (Do you want a) cup of tea?

[edit] Synonyms

• mok (Northern)
• tas (Flemish)

[edit] See also

• glas
• mok
• schoteltje

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

Back-formation from the verb kopati.

[edit] Noun

kop m.

1. hoe