kop

See also: Kop, kóp, köp, and kʼop

English

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans kop, from Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop.

Noun

kop (plural kops)

1. (South Africa) A hill or mountain.
   • 2012, William Manchester, Paul Reid, The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965, Little, Brown (→ISBN):

     […] a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took the kop at a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock.

   • 2014, Colin D. Heaton, Four-War Boer: The Century and Life of Pieter Arnoldus Krueler, Casemate (→ISBN):

     Within three hours, we took the kop. The dead and wounded were everywhere.

     The Boers had taken the kop, collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the strength to hold the prisoners […]

   • 2019, Christiaan Rudolf De Wet, Three Years' War, Good Press:

     A party of burghers, under Commandant Nel, of Kroonstad, were ordered to station themselves on a kop with a flat top, called Swartbooiskop, an hour and a half to the south of Nicholson's Nek.

Related terms

• koppie

Etymology 2

Noun

kop (plural kops)

1. Rare spelling of cop (“dome, in armor”).
   • 1917, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Proceedings, page 134:

     The solerets are wide-toed, […] ; the wings of the elbow and knee-kops small. The inner bends of the elbow joints are furnished with a pliable protection of numerous very narrow plates.

   • 1994, Archaeologia Cambrensis

     1. Elbow Kop with rope-cable border.

     2. Part of left Pauldron (shoulder piece) with similar border.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔp/

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Noun

kop (plural koppe, diminutive koppie)

1. head
2. mountain, summit, peak

Descendants

• → English: kop

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkop]

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• Hyphenation: kop

Etymology 1

Deverbal of kopat, kopnout.

Noun

kop m inan

1. kick

   přímý kop ― free kick

   trestný kop ― penalty kick

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	kop	kopy
genitive	kopu	kopů
dative	kopu	kopům
accusative	kop	kopy
vocative	kope	kopy
locative	kopu	kopech
instrumental	kopem	kopy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kop

1. second-person singular imperative of kopit

Further reading

• kop in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kop in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kop in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse koppr, from Middle Low German kop, from Latin cuppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kop/, [kʰʌb̥]

Noun

kop c (singular definite koppen, plural indefinite kopper)

1. A cup; A concave vessel for holding liquid, generally adorned with either a handle or a stem (confer goblet, glass.)

   ... kop.

   Pour the wine into the cup.

Inflection

Declension of kop

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kop	koppen	kopper	kopperne
genitive	kops	koppens	koppers	koppernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔp/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: kop
• Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.

Noun

kop m (plural koppen, diminutive kopje n)

1. cup (for drinking)

   Nog een kopje thee?

   (Do you want) another cup of tea?

   Synonyms: mok, tas

2. (for animals, colloquial and derogatory for humans) head

   Buldogs hebben een angstaanjagende kop.

   Bulldogs have a scary head.

   Hou je kop!

   Shut your hole!

   Synonym: hoofd

3. (colloquial, by extension) a (male) human

   Wat een kwaaie kop!

   What an angry guy!

4. head of a nail, pin etc.

   Je slaat de spijker op de kop.

   You hit the nail on the head.

5. front, lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control.

   De underdog ligt op kop.

   The underdog is in the lead.

6. heading (of a text), headline
7. heads (side of a coin)

   Synonym: kruis

   Antonym: munt

8. pegbox (part of a stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs)
9. one head's height

   Hij is een kop groter dan ik.

   He is a head taller than me.

Usage notes

It is considered impolite to refer to someone's head with kop. That word normally only refers to the head of animals, although for horses, which are considered noble animals, hoofd is generally used.

Derived terms

• boorkop
• de spijker op de kop slaan
• een kopje kleiner maken
• kaaskop
• kalfskop
• kopbal
• kopman
• kop of munt
• koppie koppie
• koppig
• kopploeg
• kopschool
• kopschuw
• kopspijker
• kopstuk
• koptelefoon
• kopzorg
• krantenkop
• moorkop
• op kop liggen
• paardenkop
• rotkop
• schapenkop
• spijkers met koppen slaan
• stierenkop
• varkenskop

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kop
• Negerhollands: kop, koppi, kopi, kopje
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kop (dated)
• Petjo: kop
• Skepi Creole Dutch: kup
• → Caribbean Javanese: kop
• → Indonesian: kop
• → Papiamentu: kòpi, koppi (from the diminutive, dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: kopi, kopki
  • → Galibi Carib: kopuma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kop

1. first-person singular present indicative of koppen
2. imperative of koppen

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Finnish

Interjection

kop

1. (onomatopoeia, usually repeated) knock

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa. Cognate to Afrikaans kop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kop/, [ˈkɔp̚]
• Hyphenation: kop

Noun

kop (first-person possessive kopku, second-person possessive kopmu, third-person possessive kopnya)

1. heading (of a text), headline
2. handset
3. head

   Synonym: kepala

4. cup

Derived terms

• mengekop

 

Further reading

• “kop” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔp/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔp
• Syllabification: kop

Etymology 1

See kopać.

Noun

kop m inan or m anim

1. (colloquial) kick (hit or strike with the leg or foot)

   Synonyms: kopniak, kopnięcie

Declension

Declension of kop

	singular	plural
nominative	kop	kopy
genitive	kopa	kopów
dative	kopowi	kopom
accusative	kop	kopy
instrumental	kopem	kopami
locative	kopie	kopach
vocative	kopie	kopy

or

Declension of kop

	singular	plural
nominative	kop	kopy
genitive	kopa	kopów
dative	kopowi	kopom
accusative	kopa	kopy
instrumental	kopem	kopami
locative	kopie	kopach
vocative	kopie	kopy

Related terms

verbs

• kopać
• kopnąć

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kop

1. genitive plural of kopa

   Synonym: kóp

Verb

kop

1. second-person singular imperative of kopać

Verb

kop

1. second-person singular imperative of kopić

Further reading

• kop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Slovene

Etymology

Back-formation from kopati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kóːp/

Noun

kọ̑p m inan

1. hoe (tool)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “kop”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kooppa. Cognates include Finnish kuoppa.

Noun

kop

1. pit

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian kopp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp. Compare Dutch kop, German Kopf.

Noun

kop c (plural koppen, diminutive kopke)

1. cup
2. head

   Synonym: holle

Further reading

• “kop (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
• “kop (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse kópr (“one who stares.”).

Noun

kop m

1. Rogue; gaping, rude, untidy or unpleasant person.

Related terms

• koop