Kopp

See also: kopp

East Central German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare German Kopf.

Noun

Kopp m (plural Kepp)

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) head
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) hill, hilltop

Derived terms

Further reading
  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 75:

German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German and Central German Kopp; compare standard Upper German Kopf and German kop. Adopted from the dialects into colloquial standard German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔp/, [kɔp]
  • Audio(file)

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

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

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 m

  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
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