koffer

See also: Koffer and kòffer

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cofer, couer, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.fər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kof‧fer
• Rhymes: -ɔfər

Noun

koffer m (plural koffers, diminutive koffertje n)

1. a suitcase
2. a luggage compartment in a small vehicle; a trunk, a boot

   Synonyms: kofferbak, kofferruimte

3. (now Suriname) a trunk, a large chest used to move luggage

   Synonyms: hutkoffer, reiskist

Usage notes

• In some areas of the Netherlands and Belgium, koffer is a neuter noun and uses the definite article het.

Hyponyms

• (suitcase): valies

Derived terms

• dakkoffer
• geldkoffer
• handkoffer
• hutkoffer
• kofferbak
• kofferdam
• kofferen
• kofferruimte
• kofferschrijfmachine
• plofkoffer
• reiskoffer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: koffer
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kofru
• → Caribbean Javanese: koper
• → Indonesian: koper
• → Sranan Tongo: kofru
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kofru
• → West Frisian: koffer

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1757. From German Koffer, from Middle Dutch coffer. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkofːɛr]
• Hyphenation: kof‧fer
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

koffer (plural kofferek or kofferok)

1. suitcase

   Synonyms: bőrönd, utazótáska

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	koffer	kofferek
accusative	koffert	koffereket
dative	koffernek	koffereknek
instrumental	kofferrel	kofferekkel
causal-final	kofferért	kofferekért
translative	kofferré	kofferekké
terminative	kofferig	kofferekig
essive-formal	kofferként	kofferekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kofferben	kofferekben
superessive	kofferen	koffereken
adessive	koffernél	koffereknél
illative	kofferbe	kofferekbe
sublative	kofferre	kofferekre
allative	kofferhez	kofferekhez
elative	kofferből	kofferekből
delative	kofferről	kofferekről
ablative	koffertől	kofferektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	kofferé	koffereké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kofferéi	kofferekéi

Possessive forms of koffer

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kofferem	koffereim
2nd person sing.	koffered	koffereid
3rd person sing.	koffere	kofferei
1st person plural	kofferünk	koffereink
2nd person plural	kofferetek	koffereitek
3rd person plural	kofferük	koffereik

or

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	koffer	kofferok
accusative	koffert	kofferokat
dative	koffernak	kofferoknak
instrumental	kofferral	kofferokkal
causal-final	kofferért	kofferokért
translative	kofferrá	kofferokká
terminative	kofferig	kofferokig
essive-formal	kofferként	kofferokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kofferban	kofferokban
superessive	kofferon	kofferokon
adessive	koffernál	kofferoknál
illative	kofferba	kofferokba
sublative	kofferra	kofferokra
allative	kofferhoz	kofferokhoz
elative	kofferból	kofferokból
delative	kofferról	kofferokról
ablative	koffertól	kofferoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	kofferé	kofferoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kofferéi	kofferokéi

Possessive forms of koffer

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kofferom	kofferjaim
2nd person sing.	kofferod	kofferjaid
3rd person sing.	kofferja	kofferjai
1st person plural	kofferunk	kofferjaink
2nd person plural	kofferotok	kofferjaitok
3rd person plural	kofferjuk	kofferjaik

Derived terms

• kofferes
• koffernyi

Further reading

• koffer in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.