kobbe

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Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

koab, koap, kaap

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Compare English cob (“male swan”) and dialectal German Koppe (“crow”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

kobbe ? (plural ?)

  1. (Groningen, dialectal) the bird species European herring gull, Larus argentatus
    Synonym: zilvermeeuw

References[edit]

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kobbe1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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ejdrar på en kobbe

Noun[edit]

kobbe c

  1. a low, rocky, rounded islet (in a coastal archipelago)

Declension[edit]

Declension of kobbe 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kobbe kobben kobbar kobbarna
Genitive kobbes kobbens kobbars kobbarnas

See also[edit]

References[edit]

West Flemish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch coppe, from Old Dutch *kopp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, round vessel, head”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Compare Danish edderkop, Norwegian edderkopp, English coppe, Low German kobbe.

Noun[edit]

kobbe f

  1. spider

Derived terms[edit]

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