kjøp

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Verbal noun form of kjøpe (“to buy, purchase”), from Danish købe (“to buy, purchase”), from Old Danish køpæ (“to buy, purchase”), from Old Norse kaupa (“to buy, purchase”), from Proto-Germanic *kaupaz (noun), from Latin caupō (“tradesman, innkeeper, shopkeeper, tavern-keeper”).

Noun

kjøp n (definite singular kjøpet, indefinite plural kjøp, definite plural kjøpa or kjøpene)

1. a purchase, or buy (informal)

   et godt kjøp - a good buy

Synonyms

• innkjøp

Derived terms

• kjøpmann

Related terms

• kjøpe
• kjøper

Etymology 2

Verb

kjøp

1. imperative of kjøpe

References

• “kjøp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kaup.

Noun

kjøp n (definite singular kjøpet, indefinite plural kjøp, definite plural kjøpa)

1. a purchase, or buy (informal)

Derived terms

• kjøpmann

Etymology 2

Verb

kjøp

1. imperative of kjøpe

References

• “kjøp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.