kapp

See also: Kapp and käpp

English

A mother wearing a kapp.

Alternative forms

• cap

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to cap.

Noun

kapp (plural kapps)

1. A headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian traditions (especially Mennonites and Amish) for religious reasons.
   • 2018 April 1, Debby Giusti, Amish Rescue: Faith in the Face of Crime, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     “It is a prayer kapp. Amish women cover their heads when they pray.” “But you wear it all the time?” “This is true. We are always ready to pray when our head is covered.” “I pray but perhaps not often enough,” Sarah admitted.

   • 2021 December 28, Patricia Johns, Blended Amish Blessings, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     All three of the women were older with gray hair beneath white kapps. The Mennonite […]

See also

• fedderdale, hinnerdale

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑpːː/

Noun

kapp (genitive kapi, partitive kappi)

1. cupboard
2. locker

Inflection

Declension of kapp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kapp	kapid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kapi
genitive			kappide
partitive		kappi	kappe kappisid
illative		kappi kapisse	kappidesse kapesse
inessive		kapis	kappides kapes
elative		kapist	kappidest kapest
allative		kapile	kappidele kapele
adessive		kapil	kappidel kapel
ablative		kapilt	kappidelt kapelt
translative		kapiks	kappideks kapeks
terminative		kapini	kappideni
essive		kapina	kappidena
abessive		kapita	kappideta
comitative		kapiga	kappidega

Derived terms

• külmkapp

Further reading

• “kapp”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “kapp”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kapp”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kapp in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

kapp

1. singular imperative of kappen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of kappen

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kapp (“energy, zeal”), itself a variant of kamp (“battle”), probably via Middle Low German from Latin campus (“field, battlefield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰahp/
• Rhymes: -ahp

Noun

kapp n (genitive singular kapps, no plural)

1. zeal, eagerness
2. energy, effort
3. competition

Declension

Declension of kapp (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	kapp	kappið
accusative	kapp	kappið
dative	kappi	kappinu
genitive	kapps	kappsins

Synonyms

• (zeal): ákafi, áfergja, gríð, fylgi
• (energy): atorka
• (competition): keppni

Derived terms

• kappgirni (“competitive spirit”)
• kappmikill (“energetic”)
• kappnógur (“plentiful, abundant”)
• kappræða (“dispute, debate”)
• kappsamur (“eager; energetic”)
• kappsemi (“energy, effort”)

Related terms

• kappi (“hero, champion”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Nordkapp - North Cape, Norway

Etymology

From Latin caput, via German Kap.

Noun

kapp n (definite singular kappet, indefinite plural kapp, definite plural kappa or kappene)

1. a cape, headland, promontory

Derived terms

• Kapp Verde
• Nordkapp

References

• “kapp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin caput, via German Kap.

Noun

kapp n (definite singular kappet, indefinite plural kapp, definite plural kappa)

1. a cape, headland, promontory

Derived terms

• Kapp Verde
• Nordkapp

References

• “kapp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• ikapp

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

kapp

1. sometimes i kapp is used instead of ikapp (which see)

Related terms

• kappas
• kappkörning
• kapplöpning
• kapprodd
• kapprusta
• kappsegling

See also

• ifatt
• kappa

Further reading

• kapp in Svensk ordbok.