kop

See also: Kop, kóp, köp, and k'op

English

Etymology

Afrikaans

Noun

kop (plural kops)

  1. (South Africa) A hill or mountain.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kop.

Noun

kop (plural koppe, diminutive koppie)

  1. head

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkop]
  • (file)

Noun

kop m

  1. kick

Declension

Derived terms


Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse koppr, from Middle Low German kop.

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


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔp/
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
  • (file)

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. (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)
Usage notes

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
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kop

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔp/

Noun

kop m inan or m anim

  1. (colloquial) kick (hit or strike with the leg or foot)
    Synonyms: kopniak, kopnięcie

Declension

or

Noun

kop

  1. genitive plural of kopa
    Synonym: kóp

Verb

kop

  1. second-person singular imperative of kopać

Further reading

  • kop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Etymology

Back-formation from kopati.

Noun

kop m inan (genitive [please provide], nominative plural [please provide])

  1. hoe (tool)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish kuoppa.

Noun

kop

  1. pit

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse kópr (one who stares.)

Noun

kop m

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