kappen

== Danish == === Noun === kappen c definite singular of kappe == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑpən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch cappen. Further origin unsettled. Apparently related to German Low German kappen (“to clip, cut”), German kappen (“to clip, cut”), English chap and chop; thus it would also be distantly related to tjappen. The slang sense may have a distinct (unknown) etymology. ==== Verb ==== kappen (transitive) to chop, as with an axe (transitive) to cut down, fell (e.g. a tree) (figuratively, intransitive) (in kappen op ...) to criticize (colloquial, intransitive) to cease, give up, stop (slang) to talk; notably (intransitive) to plead (transitive) to speak (a) slang ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: kap Berbice Creole Dutch: kapu Negerhollands: kap, kappen Skepi Creole Dutch: kap, cap → Papiamentu: kap → Saterland Frisian: kappe → Sranan Tongo: kapu, kappe → Caribbean Javanese: kapu, ngapu === Etymology 2 === From kap (“bonnet, hood, cap”) +‎ -en. Women used to wear bonnets and caps, but these often left part of the hair uncovered; therefore kappen came to be used of the styling of head and hair in general, and was soon also generalized to males. The modern use specifically for cutting hair must have developed in part through association with etymology 1 above. ==== Verb ==== kappen (transitive) to fit with a hairstyle or headdress (transitive) to cut (someone's) hair and model it (transitive) to dress (someone) with a bonnet, hood, cap (transitive) to cover (something) with a (heavy) hood, casing etc. (transitive, figuratively) to trick (someone), play a prank on ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== haarkappen kapper kapsel verkappen === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== kappen (transitive) to have offspring, especially piglets ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== kabben ===== Related terms ===== kabbelen === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== kappen plural of kap === Anagrams === knappe == German == === Etymology === 17th century, from Middle Low German kappen, from Middle Dutch cappen (“to chop”), perhaps a borrowing from Romansh and from Medieval Latin cappare (“to cut off”), from Vulgar Latin *cappo, from Latin capo (“castrated male chicken”). Compare Alemannic German (Alsatian) kchapfen (“to chop, mince”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkapən/, [ˈkapən], [ˈkapm̩] === Verb === kappen (weak, third-person singular present kappt, past tense kappte, past participle gekappt, auxiliary haben) to cut down so as to make unusable; to cut off; to interrupt ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “kappen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “kappen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “kappen” in Duden online == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === kappa === Noun === kappen m or f definite masculine singular of kappe