kop

See also:Kop,kóp,köp,andkʼop

English

Etymology 1

FromAfrikaanskop,fromDutchkop,fromMiddle Dutchcop.

Noun

kop(pluralkops)

1. (South Africa)Ahillormountain.
   • 2012,William Manchester, Paul Reid,The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965,Little, Brown,→ISBN:

     […]a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took thekopat a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock.

   • 2014,Colin D. Heaton,Four-War Boer: The Century and Life of Pieter Arnoldus Krueler,Casemate,→ISBN:

     Within three hours, we took thekop.The dead and wounded were everywhere.
     The Boers had taken thekop,collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the strength to hold the prisoners[…]

   • 2019,Christiaan Rudolf De Wet,Three Years' War,Good Press:

     A party of burghers, under Commandant Nel, of Kroonstad, were ordered to station themselves on akopwith a flat top, called Swartbooiskop, an hour and a half to the south of Nicholson's Nek.

Related terms

• koppie

Etymology 2

Noun

kop(pluralkops)

1. Rare spelling ofcop(“dome, in armor”).
   • 1917,Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne,Proceedings,page134:

     The solerets are wide-toed,[…];the wings of the elbow and knee-kopssmall. The inner bends of the elbow joints are furnished with a pliable protection of numerous very narrow plates.

   • 1994,Archaeologia Cambrensis:

     1. ElbowKopwith rope-cable border.
     2. Part of left Pauldron (shoulder piece) with similar border.

Afrikaans

Etymology

FromDutchkop,fromMiddle Dutchcop,probably fromLate Latincuppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kɔp/

• Audio:

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Noun

kop(pluralkoppe,diminutivekoppie)

1. head
2. mountain,summit,peak

Descendants

• →English:kop

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈkop]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:kop

Etymology 1

Deverbalfromkopat,kopnout.

Noun

kopminan

1. kick

   přímý kop―free kick

   trestný kop―penalty kick

Declension

Declension ofkop(hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kop	kopy
genitive	kopu	kopů
dative	kopu	kopům
accusative	kop	kopy
vocative	kope	kopy
locative	kopu	kopech
instrumental	kopem	kopy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

kop

1. second-personsingularimperativeofkopit

Further reading

• “kop”,inPříruční slovník jazyka českého(in Czech),1935-1957
• “kop”,inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého(in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
• “kop”,inInternetová jazyková příručka(in Czech)

Danish

Etymology

FromOld Norsekoppr,fromMiddle Low Germankop,fromLatincuppa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kop/,[kʰʌb̥]

Noun

kopc(singular definitekoppen,plural indefinitekopper)

1. Acup;A concave vessel for holding liquid, generally adorned with either a handle or a stem (confergoblet,glass.)

   ...kop.

   Pour the wine into thecup.

Inflection

Declension ofkop

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kop	koppen	kopper	kopperne
genitive	kops	koppens	koppers	koppernes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kɔp/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:kop
• Rhymes:-ɔp

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Dutchcop,probably fromLate Latincuppa.

Noun

kopm(pluralkoppen,diminutivekopjen)

1. cup(for drinking)

   Synonyms:mok,tas

   Nog eenkopjethee?―Anothercupof tea?

2. (for animals,colloquialandderogatoryfor humans)head

   Synonym:hoofd

   Buldogs hebben een angstaanjagendekop.―Bulldogs have a scaryhead.

   Hou jekop!―Shut yourhole!

3. (colloquial,by extension)a (male) human

   Wat een kwaaiekop!―What an angryguy!

4. head of anail,pinetc.

   Je slaat de spijker op dekop.―You hit the nail on thehead.

5. front,lead,e.g. in a race;charge,control.

   De underdog ligt opkop.―The underdog is in thelead.

6. heading(of a text),headline
7. heads(side of a coin)

   Synonym:kruis

   Antonym:munt

8. pegbox(part of a stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs)
9. one head'sheight

   Hij is eenkopgroter dan ik.―He is aheadtaller than me.

Usage notes

It is considered impolite to refer to someone's head withkop.That word normally only refers to the head of animals, although for horses, which are considered noble animals,hoofdis generally used.

Derived terms

• blauwkopara
• boorkop
• bronskopeend
• de spijker op de kop slaan
• domkop
• een bord voor zijn kop hebben
• een kopje kleiner maken
• een plaat voor zijn kop hebben
• glanskop
• grijskoppurperkoet
• grijskopspecht
• kaaskop
• kalfskop
• kop of munt
• kopbal
• kopjesbekermos
• koploper
• kopman
• koppie koppie
• koppig
• kopploeg
• koppoter
• kopschool
• kopschuw
• kopspijker
• kopstuk
• koptelefoon
• kopvoeter
• kopzorg
• krantenkop
• kroeskoppelikaan
• matkop
• moorkop
• op kop liggen
• op zijn kop krijgen
• paardenkop
• pestkop
• roodkopklauwier
• rotkop
• schapenkop
• spijkers met koppen slaan
• stierenkop
• varkenskop
• witkopeend
• witkopgors
• zwartkop
• zwartkopgors
• zwartkopmeeuw

Descendants

• Afrikaans:kop
• Negerhollands:kop,koppi,kopi,kopje
  • →Virgin Islands Creole:kop(dated)
• Petjo:kop
• Skepi Creole Dutch:kup
• →Caribbean Javanese:kop
• →Indonesian:kop
• →Papiamentu:kòpi,koppi(from the diminutive, dated)
• →Sranan Tongo:kopi,kopki
  • →Kari'na:kopuma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

kop

1. inflection ofkoppen:
   1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. imperative

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkop/,[ˈko̞p]
• Rhymes:-op
• Syllabification^(key):kop

Interjection

kop

1. (onomatopoeia,usually repeated)knock

Further reading

• “kop”,inKielitoimiston sanakirja[Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1](in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus(Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–,retrieved2023-07-02

Indonesian

Etymology

FromDutchkop,fromMiddle Dutchcop,probably fromLate Latincuppa.Cognate toAfrikaanskop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kop/,[ˈkɔp̚]
• Hyphenation:kop

Noun

kop(first-person possessivekopku,second-person possessivekopmu,third-person possessivekopnya)

1. heading(of a text),headline
2. handset
3. head

   Synonym:kepala

4. cup

Derived terms

• mengekop

Further reading

• “kop”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kɔp/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɔp
• Syllabification:kop

Etymology 1

Deverbalfromkopać.

Noun

kopmanimal

1. kick(hit or strike with the leg, foot, or knee)

   Synonyms:kopniak,kopnięcie

2. (colloquial)kick(sudden surge of energy to help perform some action)
3. (colloquial)kick(strong reaction of the body occurring after taking psychoactive drugs)

Declension

Declension ofkop

	singular	plural
nominative	kop	kopy
genitive	kopa	kopów
dative	kopowi	kopom
accusative	kopa	kopy
instrumental	kopem	kopami
locative	kopie	kopach
vocative	kopie	kopy

Related terms

verbs

• kopaćimpf
• kopnąćpf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Noun

kopf

1. genitivepluralofkopa

   Synonym:kóp

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

kop

1. second-personsingularimperativeofkopać

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

kop

1. second-personsingularimperativeofkopić

Further reading

• kopinWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kopin Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Etymology

Back-formationfromkopati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kóːp/

Noun

kọ̑pminan

1. hoe(tool)

Inflection

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Further reading

• “kop”,inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU,portal Fran

Veps

Etymology

FromProto-Finnic*kooppa.Cognates includeFinnishkuoppa.

Noun

kop

1. pit,holein the ground

Declension

Inflection ofkop(inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	kop
genitive sing.	kopan
partitive sing.	kopad
partitive plur.	kopid
	singular	plural
nominative	kop	kopad
accusative	kopan	kopad
genitive	kopan	kopiden
partitive	kopad	kopid
essive-instructive	kopan	kopin
translative	kopaks	kopikš
inessive	kopas	kopiš
elative	kopaspäi	kopišpäi
illative	kopaha	kopihe
adessive	kopal	kopil
ablative	kopalpäi	kopilpäi
allative	kopale	kopile
abessive	kopata	kopita
comitative	kopanke	kopidenke
prolative	kopadme	kopidme
approximative I	kopanno	kopidenno
approximative II	kopannoks	kopidennoks
egressive	kopannopäi	kopidennopäi
terminative I	kopahasai	kopihesai
terminative II	kopalesai	kopilesai
terminative III	kopassai	—
additive I	kopahapäi	kopihepäi
additive II	kopalepäi	kopilepäi

West Frisian

Etymology

FromOld Frisiankopp,fromProto-West Germanic*kopp.CompareDutchkop,GermanKopf.

Noun

kopc(pluralkoppen,diminutivekopke)

1. cup
2. head

   Synonym:holle

Further reading

• “kop (I)”,inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal(in Dutch),2011
• “kop (II)”,inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal(in Dutch),2011