Koper

See also: koper, köper, kòper, and kopër

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Slovene Koper.

Proper noun

Koper

1. A coastal town in southwestern Slovenia

Translations

town

• Bulgarian: Ко́пер m (Kóper)
• German: Gafers
• Greek: Κόπερ (Kóper)
• Italian: Capodistria, Capo d'Istria (dated)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ко̏пар

  Latin: Kȍpar (sh)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Polish Koper.

Proper noun

Koper (plural Kopers)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Koper is the 35147^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 641 individuals. Koper is most common among White (96.26%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Koper”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 337.

Anagrams

• Perko, Repko, poker, proke

Polish

Etymology

From Polish koper (“dill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɔpɛr
• Syllabification: Ko‧per
• Homophone: koper

Proper noun

Koper m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Koper

	singular	plural
nominative	Koper	Koperowie / Koprowie
genitive	Kopera / Kopra	Koperów / Koprów
dative	Koperowi / Koprowi	Koperom / Koprom
accusative	Kopera / Kopra	Koperów / Koprów
instrumental	Koperem / Koprem	Koperami / Koprami
locative	Koperze / Koprze	Koperach / Koprach
vocative	Koperze / Koprze	Koperowie / Koprowie

Proper noun

Koper f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian koper, from Proto-West Germanic *kopr. Cognates with West Frisian koper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːpər/
• Hyphenation: Ko‧per
• Rhymes: -oːpər

Noun

Koper n (uncountable)

1. copper

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Koper”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòːpər/

Proper noun

Kọ́pər m inan

1. Koper (a city in Slovenia)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Kóper
genitive	Kópra
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Kóper
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Kópra
dative (dajȃlnik)	Kópru
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Kóper
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Kópru
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Kóprom

Derived terms

• Kóprčan
• Kóprčanka
• kóprski

Further reading

• “Koper”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Koper”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references