kaap
See also: Kaap
Afrikaans edit
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Noun edit
kaap (plural kape, diminutive kapie)
See also edit
- Kaap die Goeie Hoop on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Wikipedia af
Dutch edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Latin caput.
Noun edit
kaap f (plural kapen, diminutive kaapje n)
- a cape, headland
- Kaap de Goede Hoop ― Cape of Good Hope
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: kaap (dated)
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps related to kopen (“to buy, trade”), possibly from Old Frisian kāp (“purchase”), or otherwise from Latin capio (“I seize”). Attested before kapen; originally only attested in the phrase ter kaap varen.
Noun edit
kaap f (plural kapen, diminutive kaapje n)
- privateering, attacking and looting enemy ships under the auspices of one's government
- Synonym: kaapvaart
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Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
kaap
- inflection of kapen:
See also edit
- Kaap de Goede Hoop on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Farefare edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch kaap, German Kap. Compare also English cape, Spanish cabo.
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Noun edit
kaap
Inflection edit
Singular | Plural | |
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Regular | kaap | kaapdõma |
Diminutive | kaapbila | kaapbilsi |