Kopp

See also: kopp

German

Etymology

Borrowed 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 (strong, 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

Declension

Declension of Kopp [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kopp	die	Köppe
genitive	eines	des	Kopps	der	Köppe
dative	einem	dem	Kopp	den	Köppen
accusative	einen	den	Kopp	die	Köppe

Derived terms

• Fischkopp
• Käskopp
• Köpper

Further reading

• “Kopp” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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

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

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

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

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