Kurp

See also: kurp and kurp-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Kurp.

Proper noun

Kurp (plural Kurps)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Kurp is the 186924^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 111 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kurp”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 367.

Low German

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kurp (“bast shoe”), also cognate with Lithuanian kurpė (“shoe”).

Noun

Kurp m (plural Kurpîen)

1. (regional: Low Prussian) bast shoe

See also

• Parêske

References

• Frischbier, Hermann (1882–1883) “Kurp”, in Preußisches Wörterbuch. Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer (in German), volume 1, Berlin: Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin. (Adolph Enslin.), page 449

Polish

Etymology

From kurp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurp/

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• Rhymes: -urp
• Syllabification: Kurp
• Homophone: kurp

Noun

Kurp m pers (female equivalent Kurpianka, related adjective kurpiowski)

1. person from the Kurpie region in Masovia

Declension

Declension of Kurp

	singular	plural
nominative	Kurp	Kurpie
genitive	Kurpia	Kurpiów/Kurpi
dative	Kurpiowi	Kurpiom
accusative	Kurpia	Kurpiów/Kurpi
instrumental	Kurpiem	Kurpiami
locative	Kurpiu	Kurpiach
vocative	Kurpiu	Kurpie

Related terms

nouns

• Kurpie
• Kurpiowszczyzna

 

Proper noun

Kurp m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kurp

	singular	plural
nominative	Kurp	Kurpowie
genitive	Kurpa	Kurpów
dative	Kurpowi	Kurpom
accusative	Kurpa	Kurpów
instrumental	Kurpem	Kurpami
locative	Kurpie	Kurpach
vocative	Kurpie	Kurpowie

Proper noun

Kurp f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• Kurp in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Kurpie in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Kurp”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022