kop

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See also: Kop, kóp, köp, and kʼop

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Afrikaans kop, from Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop.

Noun[edit]

kop (plural kops)

  1. (South Africa) A hill or mountain.
    • 2012, William Manchester, Paul Reid, The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965, Little, Brown, →ISBN:
      […] a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took the kop at a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock.
    • 2014, Colin D. Heaton, Four-War Boer: The Century and Life of Pieter Arnoldus Krueler, Casemate, →ISBN:
      Within three hours, we took the kop. The dead and wounded were everywhere.
      The Boers had taken the kop, collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the strength to hold the prisoners […]
    • 2019, Christiaan Rudolf De Wet, Three Years' War, Good Press:
      A party of burghers, under Commandant Nel, of Kroonstad, were ordered to station themselves on a kop with a flat top, called Swartbooiskop, an hour and a half to the south of Nicholson's Nek.
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

kop (plural kops)

  1. Rare spelling of cop (“dome, in armor”).
    • 1917, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Proceedings, page 134:
      The solerets are wide-toed, […] ; the wings of the elbow and knee-kops small. The inner bends of the elbow joints are furnished with a pliable protection of numerous very narrow plates.
    • 1994, Archaeologia Cambrensis:
      1. Elbow Kop with rope-cable border.
      2. Part of left Pauldron (shoulder piece) with similar border.

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔp/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

kop (plural koppe, diminutive koppie)

  1. head
  2. mountain, summit, peak

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: kop

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from kopat, kopnout.

Noun[edit]

kop m inan

  1. kick
    přímý kop ― free kick
    trestný kop ― penalty kick
Declension[edit]
Declension of kop (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative kop kopy
genitive kopu kopů
dative kopu kopům
accusative kop kopy
vocative kope kopy
locative kopu kopech
instrumental kopem kopy

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

kop

  1. second-person singular imperative of kopit

Further reading[edit]

  • kop in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kop in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kop in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse koppr, from Middle Low German kop, from Latin cuppa.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kop c (singular definite koppen, plural indefinite kopper)

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

Inflection[edit]

Declension of kop
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kop koppen kopper kopperne
genitive kops koppens koppers koppernes

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.

Noun[edit]

kop m (plural koppen, diminutive kopje n)

  1. cup (for drinking)
    Synonyms: mok, tas
    Nog een kopje thee? ― Another cup of tea?
  2. (for animals, colloquial and derogatory for humans) head
    Synonym: hoofd
    Buldogs hebben een angstaanjagende kop. ― Bulldogs have a scary head.
    Hou je kop! ― Shut your hole!
  3. (colloquial, by extension) a (male) human
    Wat een kwaaie kop! ― What an angry guy!
  4. head of a nail, pin etc.
    Je slaat de spijker op de kop. ― You hit the nail on the head.
  5. front, lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control.
    De underdog ligt op kop. ― The underdog is in the lead.
  6. heading (of a text), headline
  7. heads (side of a coin)
    Synonym: kruis
    Antonym: munt
  8. pegbox (part of a stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs)
  9. one head's height
    Hij is een kop groter dan ik. ― He is a head taller than me.
Usage notes[edit]

It is considered impolite to refer to someone's head with kop. That word normally only refers to the head of animals, although for horses, which are considered noble animals, hoofd is generally used.

Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

kop

  1. inflection of koppen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkop/, [ˈko̞p]
  • Rhymes: -op
  • Syllabification(key): kop

Interjection[edit]

kop

  1. (onomatopoeia, usually repeated) knock

Further reading[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa. Cognate to Afrikaans kop.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kop/, [ˈkɔp̚]
  • Hyphenation: kop

Noun[edit]

kop (first-person possessive kopku, second-person possessive kopmu, third-person possessive kopnya)

  1. heading (of a text), headline
  2. handset
  3. head
    Synonym: kepala
  4. cup

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from kopać.

Noun[edit]

kop m inan or m animal

  1. (colloquial) kick (hit or strike with the leg or foot)
    Synonyms: kopniak, kopnięcie
Declension[edit]
Declension of kop
singular plural
nominative kop kopy
genitive kopa kopów
dative kopowi kopom
accusative kop kopy
instrumental kopem kopami
locative kopie kopach
vocative kopie kopy

or

Declension of kop
singular plural
nominative kop kopy
genitive kopa kopów
dative kopowi kopom
accusative kopa kopy
instrumental kopem kopami
locative kopie kopach
vocative kopie kopy
Related terms[edit]
verbs

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

kop

  1. genitive plural of kopa
    Synonym: kóp

Verb[edit]

kop

  1. second-person singular imperative of kopać

Verb[edit]

kop

  1. second-person singular imperative of kopić

Further reading[edit]

  • kop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from kopati.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kọ̑p m inan

  1. hoe (tool)

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading[edit]

  • “kop”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *kooppa. Cognates include Finnish kuoppa.

Noun[edit]

kop

  1. pit, hole in the ground

Declension[edit]

Inflection of kop (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. kop
genitive sing. kopan
partitive sing. kopad
partitive plur. kopid
singular plural
nominative kop kopad
accusative kopan kopad
genitive kopan kopiden
partitive kopad kopid
essive-instructive kopan kopin
translative kopaks kopikš
inessive kopas kopiš
elative kopaspäi kopišpäi
illative kopaha kopihe
adessive kopal kopil
ablative kopalpäi kopilpäi
allative kopale kopile
abessive kopata kopita
comitative kopanke kopidenke
prolative kopadme kopidme
approximative I kopanno kopidenno
approximative II kopannoks kopidennoks
egressive kopannopäi kopidennopäi
terminative I kopahasai kopihesai
terminative II kopalesai kopilesai
terminative III kopassai —
additive I kopahapäi kopihepäi
additive II kopalepäi kopilepäi

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian kopp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp. Compare Dutch kop, German Kopf.

Noun[edit]

kop c (plural koppen, diminutive kopke)

  1. cup
  2. head
    Synonym: holle

Further reading[edit]

  • “kop (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
  • “kop (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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