Kuppe

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German kupfe, from Old High German kupfa (“cap, bonnet”), probably from Late Latin cuppa (“cup”). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German; compare Middle Low German koppe. Cognate with Dutch kop (“cup; head”), English cup. Related also with Kopf (“head”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʊpə/ === Noun === Kuppe f (genitive Kuppe, plural Kuppen) hilltop tip (of finger) hump (of road etc.) crest (of a hill; of a pigeon) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Bergkuppe Hügelkuppe Fingerkuppe ==== Derived terms ==== doppelkuppig (“double-crested”) ==== See also ==== Koppe === Further reading === “Kuppe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Kuppe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Kuppe” in Duden online