köpa

See also: kopa and kopā

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kø̄pa, from Old Norse keypa, kaupa, from Proto-Germanic *kaupijaną, *kaupōną (“to buy, trade”), from *kaupô (“innkeeper, merchant”), Latin caupo (“innkeeper, shopkeeper, tradesman”), caupōnor (“to trade, haggle”). Cognate with Danish købe, Norwegian kjøpe, German kaufen, Dutch kopen and English cheap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕøːˌpa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

köpa (present köper, preterite köpte, supine köpt, imperative köp)

1. to buy, to purchase

   Antonym: sälja

   köpa fem burkar kebabsås

   buy five cans of kebab sauce

2. to buy (an explanation or the like)

   Jag köper inte hans förklaring

   I don't buy his explanation

Conjugation

Conjugation of köpa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	köpa		köpas
supine	köpt		köpts
imperative	köp		—
imper. plural1	köpen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	köper	köpte	köps, köpes	köptes
ind. plural1	köpa	köpte	köpas	köptes
subjunctive2	köpe	köpte	köpes	köptes
present participle		köpande
past participle		köpt

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• dyrköpt
• köpa in

Related terms

• köpare

See also

• handla
• införskaffa
• inhandla
• inropa
• köpeskilling
• shoppa

References

• “köpa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “köpa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “köpa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Volapük

Noun

köpa

1. genitive singular of köp