kouf

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• keuf

Etymology

From Old High German kouf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaup, from *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, from *kaupô + *-ōną.

Noun

kouf m

1. trade
2. purchase
3. goods

Declension

Declension of kouf (masculine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	kouf	die	koufe
genitive	eines	dës	koufes	dër	koufe
dative	eime	dëm	koufe	dën	koufen
accusative	einen	dën	kouf	die	koufe

Descendants

• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Kaaf
• German: Kauf

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “kouf”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "kouf" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaup, from *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, from *kaupô + *-ōną.

Noun

kouf m

1. commerce, trade
2. barter
3. purchase

Descendants

• Middle High German: kouf, keuf
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: Kaaf
  • German: Kauf

References

• "kouf" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)