koufon

Old High German

Alternative forms

• choufōn

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn. Cognate with Old English ceapian.

Verb

koufōn

1. to buy

Related terms

• koufo

Descendants

• Middle High German: koufen
  • Alemannic German:

    Alsatian: köife

    Swabian: kaafe

  • Bavarian: kaufn, kaffa
  • Central Franconian: koofe, kaufe (Kölsch; Westerwald), koofn
  • East Franconian: kaafm
  • German: kaufen
  • Luxembourgish: kafen
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: kaafe

  • Vilamovian: kaofja
  • Yiddish: קויפֿן (koyfn)