Popo

See also: popo, popó, pópo, popò, popô, po-po, pöpö, and Appendix:Variations of "po"

German

Etymology

A 17th-century childish reduplication of the first syllable of Podex, from Latin pōdex.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːpo/, /poˈpoː/ (prescriptive standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔpo/ (more commonly, at least in western Germany)
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Noun

Popo m (genitive Popos, plural Popos)

  1. (childish) bottom, buttocks, bum

Usage notes
  • The word is used mainly by or towards children. Occasionally it may also be used among adults.

Declension
Declension of Popo
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Popo die Popos
genitive eines des Popos der Popos
dative einem dem Popo den Popos
accusative einen den Popo die Popos

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Hungarian: popó (“buttocks”)

Further reading
  • Popo in Duden online

Spanish

Proper noun

Popo

  1. A popular nickname for the volcano Popocatépetl in Mexico.

Synonyms
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