koppe

See also: köppe and Köppe

Afrikaans

Noun

koppe

1. plural of kop

Dutch

Verb

koppe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of koppen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• koppa (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From the noun kopp m.

Verb

koppe (present tense koppar, past tense koppa, past participle koppa, passive infinitive koppast, present participle koppande, imperative koppe/kopp)

1. (transitive) to cup; to form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands
2. (transitive) to feed with milk from a bottle, particularly of infant farm animals
3. (transitive, medicine, historical) to apply a cupping apparatus
4. (transitive, medicine, dated or rare) to inoculate against smallpox

References

• “koppe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Cf. Norwegian Bokmål “koppe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).