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kopper

See also: Köpper

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Maybe a euphemistic refashioning of pokker, from Middle Low German pocke, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), cognate with English pock, pox, German Pocke. Alternatively from kopper, the plural of kop (“cup”) (from the cups used for blood-letting).

Noun edit

kopper c pl

  1. smallpox

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

kopper c

  1. indefinite plural of kop

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Etymology 1 edit

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Noun edit

kopper n (definite singular kopperet)

  1. copper (chemical element, symbol Cu)
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kopper pl (definite plural koppene)

  1. smallpox

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Etymology 3 edit

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kopper m

  1. indefinite plural of kopp

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