kop
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
kop (plural kops)
- (South Africa) A hill or mountain.
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
kop (plural koppe, diminutive koppie)
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kop m
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse koppr, from Middle Low German kop.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kop c (singular definite koppen, plural indefinite kopper)
- 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.
- ... kop.
Inflection[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.
Noun[edit]
kop m (plural koppen, diminutive kopje n)
- cup (for drinking)
- (derogatory, for humans) head
- (colloquial, by extension) A (male) human.
- Wat een kwaaie kop!
- What an angry guy!
- head of a nail, pin etc.
- Je slaat de spijker op de kop.
- You hit the nail on the head.
- front, lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control.
- De underdog ligt op kop.
- The underdog is in the lead.
- heading (of a text), headline
- heads (side of a coin)
- pegbox (part of a stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs)
Usage notes[edit]
It is considered impolite to refer to someone’s head with kop as that word normally only refers to the head of animals, although for horses, which are considered noble animals, hoofd is generally used.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: kop
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb[edit]
kop
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kop m inan, m anim
- (colloquial) kick (hit or strike with the leg or foot)
Declension[edit]
or
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
kop
Verb[edit]
kop
Further reading[edit]
- kop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovene[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from kopati.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kop m inan (genitive [please provide], nominative plural [please provide])
- hoe (tool)
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Veps[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to Finnish kuoppa.
Noun[edit]
kop
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Dutch kop, German Kopf.
Noun[edit]
kop c (plural koppen)
Synonyms[edit]
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse kópr (“one who stares.”)
Noun[edit]
kop m
- Rogue; gaping, rude, untidy or unpleasant person.
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- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
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- Dutch derogatory terms
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- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Slovene back-formations
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- Veps lemmas
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- West Frisian lemmas
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- Westrobothnian terms inherited from Old Norse
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