Kopp

See also: kopp

German

Etymology

From German Low German [Term?] and Central German; compare standard Upper German Kopf and 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)

1. (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.

2. (colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany, in compounds) used to make all kinds of humorous, somewhat negative words for people

   Suffkopp ― drunkard

   Quatschkopp (compare Quatschkopf) ― excessive talker, braggart

   Kindskopp ― childish person

Derived terms

• Käskopp
• Köpper

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Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German kopf, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz. Cognate with German Kopf, Luxembourgish Kapp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰop/

Noun

Kopp m (plural Kepp, diminutive Keppche)

1. head

   Mein Kopp dud weh.

   My head hurts.

Derived terms

• Koppduch
• Kopphoer
• kopplos
• Koppweh
• Koppziegh

 

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German kopf, from Old High German *kuppa, northern variant of kupha, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz. Cognate with German Kuppe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kop/
  • Rhymes: -op

Noun

Kopp f (plural Koppen, diminutive Këppchen)

1. peak, summit, hilltop
2. head

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Rhine Franconian, from Middle High German and Old High German kopf, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz. Compare German Kopf, Dutch kop.

Noun

Kopp m (plural Kepp)

1. head

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Plautdietsch

Etymology

From German Low German Kopp, from Middle Low German koppe, from Old Saxon *kopp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp.

Noun

Kopp m (plural Kjap)

1. head

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Volga German

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to Kopf.

Noun

Kopp

1. head (part of the body which is above the neck)

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