Kopp
See also: kopp
German
Etymology
German Low German and Central German form of standard Upper German Kopf (compare Middle Low German kop). Adopted from the dialects into colloquial standard German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔp/, [kɔp]
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Noun
Kopp m (genitive Kopps, plural Köppe)
- (colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany) Alternative form of Kopf (“head”)
- Der hat 'n Kopp wie 'n Ochse.
- He has a head like an ox.
- Der hat 'n Kopp wie 'n Ochse.
- (colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany) used to make all kinds of humorous, somewhat negative words for people
- Suffkopp – drunkard
- Quatschkopp – excessive talker, braggart
- Kindskopp – childish person
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Old High German kopf, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz. Cognate with German Kopf, Luxembourgish Kapp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰop/
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German *kuppa, northern variant of kupha. Cognate with German Kuppe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kop/
- Rhymes: -op
Plautdietsch
Volga German
Etymology
Ultimately cognate to Kopf.
References
- Fred C. Koch, The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present
- Erika Obodchouk (born Hummel), Die klinge hell, in Die Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen
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