Prokope

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin procope, from Ancient Greek προκοπή (prokopḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁoˈkoːpə/, (seldom) /ˈpʁoːkoˌpeː/
• Hyphenation: Pro‧ko‧pe

Noun

Prokope f (genitive Prokope, plural Prokopen)

1. (prosody) procope, apheresis (loss of an initial vowel)

   Coordinate terms: Synkope, Apokope

Declension

Declension of Prokope [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Prokope	die	Prokopen
genitive	einer	der	Prokope	der	Prokopen
dative	einer	der	Prokope	den	Prokopen
accusative	eine	die	Prokope	die	Prokopen

Derived terms

• prokopieren

Further reading

• “Prokope” in Duden online
• “Prokope”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)