Kopp

See also: kopp

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkop]

Proper noun

Kopp m anim (female equivalent Koppová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Kopp (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kopp	Koppové
genitive	Koppa	Koppů
dative	Koppovi	Koppům
accusative	Koppa	Koppy
vocative	Koppe	Koppové
locative	Koppovi	Koppech
instrumental	Koppem	Koppy

Further reading

• “Kopp”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

East Central German

Alternative forms

• Kuub

Etymology

Compare German Kopf.

Noun

Kopp m (plural Kepp)

1. (Erzgebirgisch) head
2. (Erzgebirgisch) hill, hilltop

Derived terms

• Koppkissn
• Kopptichl
• Koppwitting
• -keppit
• Keppr

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 75

German

Etymology

From Central and Low German dialects, from northern Middle High German and Middle Low German kop. Compare Appel, kloppen, Knopp, and several other such forms that are usual in colloquial Standard German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔp/, [kɔp]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Kopp m (strong, genitive Kopps, plural Köppe) (colloquial, northern and central Germany)

1. alternative form of Kopf (“head”)

   Der hat ’n Kopp wie ’n Ochse.

   He has a head like an ox.

   • 2000, “Türlich, türlich”‎^[2]performed by Das Bo:

     [Der Sound,] bei dem die Ladys alles schütteln / Den Typen so vermitteln / Wenn sie stehn, sich nicht bewegen, sind sie derbe schief gewickelt / Mit ’ner Windel um’n Kopp / Stehn die Typen dann im Club / Kucken spastisch aus der Wäsche wie gekaut und ausgespuckt

     [The sound] to which the ladies shake what they’ve got / Thereby letting the guys know / If they stand around without moving, they’re completely off target [lit. swaddled askew] / With nappies round their heads / The guys stand in the club / Looking like spastics who’ve been chewed up and spat back out

2. used to make all kinds of humorous, somewhat negative words for people

   Suffkopp ― drunkard

   Quatschkopp (compare Quatschkopf) ― excessive talker, braggart

   Kindskopp ― childish person

Declension

Declension of Kopp [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kopp	die	Köppe
genitive	eines	des	Kopps	der	Köppe
dative	einem	dem	Kopp	den	Köppen
accusative	einen	den	Kopp	die	Köppe

Derived terms

• Fischkopp
• Käskopp
• Köpper
• nich' lang schnacken, Kopp in'n Nacken

Further reading

• “Kopp”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German kopf, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz. Cognate with German Kopf, Luxembourgish Kapp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰop/

Noun

Kopp m (plural Kepp, diminutive Keppche)

1. head

   Mein Kopp dud weh.

   My head hurts.

Derived terms

• Koppduch
• Kopphoer
• kopplos
• Koppweh
• Koppziegh

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Kopp”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German kopf, from Old High German *kuppa, northern variant of kupha, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz. Cognate with German Kuppe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kop/
  • Rhymes: -op

Noun

Kopp f (plural Koppen, diminutive Këppchen)

1. peak, summit, hilltop
2. head

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Rhine Franconian, from Middle High German and Old High German kopf, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz. Compare German Kopf, Dutch kop.

Noun

Kopp m (plural Kepp)

1. head

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From German Low German Kopp, from Middle Low German koppe, from Old Saxon *kopp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp.

Noun

Kopp m (plural Kjap)

1. head

Derived terms

• Buzhakopp
• Fenstakopp
• Glomskopp
• Glotzkopp
• heistakopp
• koppen
• Koppenenj
• kopphuach
• Koppknoaken

Volga German

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to Kopf.

Noun

Kopp m

1. head (part of the body which is above the neck)

References

• Fred C. Koch, The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present
• Erika Obodchouk (born Hummel), Die klinge hell, in Die Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen