Kopp

German Low German and Central German form of standard Upper German Kopf (compare Middle Low German kop). Adopted from the dialects into colloquial standard German.

• IPA^(key): /kɔp/, [kɔp]

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Kopp m (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) used to make all kinds of humorous, somewhat negative words for people

   Suffkopp – drunkard

   Quatschkopp – excessive talker, braggart

   Kindskopp – childish person

• Käskopp
• Köpper

From Old High German kopf, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz. Cognate with German Kopf, Luxembourgish Kapp.

• IPA^(key): /kʰop/

Kopp m (plural Kepp, diminutive Keppche)

1. head

   Mein Kopp dud weh.

   My head hurts.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Old High German *kuppa, northern variant of kupha. Cognate with German Kuppe.

• IPA^(key): /kop/
  • Rhymes: -op

Kopp f (plural Koppen, diminutive Këppchen)

1. peak, summit, hilltop
2. head

Compare German Kopf, Dutch kop.

Kopp m (plural Kepp)

1. head

Kopp m (plural Kjap)

1. head

Ultimately cognate to Kopf.

Kopp

1. head (part of the body which is above the neck)

• 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