kop
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[edit] Afrikaans
[edit] Noun
kop
[edit] Danish
[edit] Noun
kop (singular indefinite en kop, singular definite koppen, plural indefinite kopper, plural definite kopperne)
- 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.
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Etymology 1
From Germanic; cognate with English cop, German Kopf.
[edit] Noun
kop m. (plural koppen, diminutive kopje)
- animal head (except horses)
- Buldogs hebben een angstaanjagende kop.
- Bulldogs have a scaring head.
- Buldogs hebben een angstaanjagende kop.
- meat product made from an animal's head
- (colloquial) human head
- Hou je kop!
- Shut up!
- Hou je kop!
- (colloquial, by extension) A (male) human.
- Wat een kwaaie kop!
- Now that’s an angry guy!
- Wat een kwaaie kop!
- The head of a nail, pin etc.
- Je slaat de spijker op de kop.
- Exactly.
- Je slaat de spijker op de kop.
- The front, the lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control.
- De underdog ligt op kop.
- The underdog is in the lead.
- De underdog ligt op kop.
- 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
[edit] Verb
imperative and singular present imperfect forms of koppen
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Noun
kop f. (plural koppen, diminutive kopje)
- cup (for drinking)
- its content, a helping of beverage served in a cup
- Kopje thee?
- (Do you want a) cup of tea?
- Kopje thee?
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[edit] See also
[edit] Slovene
[edit] Etymology
Back-formation from the verb kopati.
[edit] Noun
kop m.

