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See also: Kaap
Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio: (file)
Noun[edit]
kaap (plural kape, diminutive kapie)
See also[edit]
- Kaap die Goeie Hoop on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Wikipedia af
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Latin caput.
Noun[edit]
kaap f (plural kapen, diminutive kaapje n)
- a cape, headland
- Kaap de Goede Hoop ― Cape of Good Hope
Descendants[edit]
- → Papiamentu: kaap (dated)
Etymology 2[edit]
Perhaps related to kopen (“to buy, trade”), possibly from Old Frisian kāp (“purchase”), or otherwise from Latin capio (“I seize”). Attested before kapen; originally only attested in the phrase ter kaap varen.
Noun[edit]
kaap f (plural kapen, diminutive kaapje n)
- privateering, attacking and looting enemy ships under the auspices of one's government
- Synonym: kaapvaart
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
kaap
- inflection of kapen:
See also[edit]
- Kaap de Goede Hoop on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Farefare[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch kaap, German Kap. Compare also English cape, Spanish cabo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kaap
Inflection[edit]
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
Regular | kaap | kaapdõma |
Diminutive | kaapbila | kaapbilsi |
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