# kop
## English
### Etymology 1

From Afrikaans kop, from Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop.

#### Noun

kop (plural kops)
* (South Africa) A hill or mountain.
** 2012, William Manchester, Paul Reid, The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965, Little, Brown, →ISBN:[…] a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took the kop at a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock.
** 2014, Colin D. Heaton, Four-War Boer: The Century and Life of Pieter Arnoldus Krueler, Casemate, →ISBN:Within three hours, we took the kop. The dead and wounded were everywhere. The Boers had taken the kop, collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the strength to hold the prisoners […]
** 2019, Christiaan Rudolf De Wet, Three Years' War, Good Press:A party of burghers, under Commandant Nel, of Kroonstad, were ordered to station themselves on a kop with a flat top, called Swartbooiskop, an hour and a half to the south of Nicholson's Nek.

##### Related terms

* koppie

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

kop (plural kops)
* Rare spelling of cop (“dome, in armor”).
** 1917, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Proceedings, page 134:The solerets are wide-toed, […] ; the wings of the elbow and knee-kops small. The inner bends of the elbow joints are furnished with a pliable protection of numerous very narrow plates.
** 1994, Archaeologia Cambrensis:1. Elbow Kop with rope-cable border. 2. Part of left Pauldron (shoulder piece) with similar border.

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔp/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kop (plural koppe, diminutive koppie)
* head
* mountain, summit, peak

#### Descendants

* → English: kop

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkop]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kop

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from kopat, kopnout.

#### Noun

kop m inan
* kick
    přímý kop ― free kick
    trestný kop ― penalty kick

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kop
* second-person singular imperative of kopit

### Further reading

* “kop”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kop”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “kop”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse koppr, from Middle Low German kop, from Latin cuppa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kop/, [kʰʌb̥]

### Noun

kop c (singular definite koppen, plural indefinite kopper)
* A cup; A concave vessel for holding liquid, generally adorned with either a handle or a stem (confer goblet, glass.)
    ... kop.Pour the wine into the cup.

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔp/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kop
* Rhymes: -ɔp

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.

#### Noun

kop m (plural koppen, diminutive kopje n)
* cup (for drinking)
    Synonyms: mok, tas
    Nog een kopje thee? ― Another cup of tea?
* (for animals, colloquial and derogatory for humans) head
    Synonym: hoofd
    Buldogs hebben een angstaanjagende kop. ― Bulldogs have a scary head.
    Hou je kop! ― Shut your hole!
* (colloquial, by extension) a (male) human
    Wat een kwaaie kop! ― What an angry guy!
* head of a nail, pin etc.
    Je slaat de spijker op de kop. ― You hit the nail on the head.
* front, lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control
    De underdog ligt op kop. ― The underdog is in the lead.
* heading (of a text), headline
* heads (side of a coin)
    Synonym: kruis
    Antonym: munt
* pegbox (part of a stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs)
* one head's height
    Hij is een kop groter dan ik. ― He is a head taller than me.

##### Usage notes

It is considered impolite to refer to someone's head with kop. That word normally only refers to the head of animals, although for horses, which are considered noble animals, hoofd is generally used.

##### Derived terms

* achtkoppig
* blauwkopara
* boorkop
* bronskopeend
* de spijker op de kop slaan
* domkop
* driekoppig
* een bord voor zijn kop hebben
* een kopje kleiner maken
* een plaat voor zijn kop hebben
* eenkoppig
* egelskop
* glanskop
* grijskoppurperkoet
* grijskopspecht
* kaaskop
* kalfskop
* kop of munt
* kopbal
* kopjesbekermos
* koploper
* kopman
* koppie koppie
* koppig
* kopploeg
* koppoter
* kopschool
* kopschuw
* kopspijker
* kopstuk
* koptelefoon
* kopvoeter
* kopvoorn
* kopzorg
* krantenkop
* kroeskoppelikaan
* matkop
* moorkop
* negenkoppig
* op kop liggen
* op zijn kop krijgen
* paardenkop
* pestkop
* roodkopklauwier
* rotkop
* schapenkop
* spijkers met koppen slaan
* stierenkop
* tweekoppig
* varkenskop
* vierkoppig
* vijfkoppig
* witkopeend
* witkopgors
* zeskoppig
* zevenkoppig
* zwartkop
* zwartkopgors
* zwartkopmeeuw

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kop
* Negerhollands: kop, koppi, kopi, kopje
** → Virgin Islands Creole: kop (dated)
* Petjo: kop
* Skepi Creole Dutch: kup
* → Caribbean Javanese: kop
* → Indonesian: kop
* → Papiamentu: kòpi, koppi (from the diminutive, dated)
* → Sranan Tongo: kopi, kopki
** → Kari'na: kopuma

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kop
* inflection of koppen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Finnish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkop/, [ˈko̞p]
* Rhymes: -op
* Hyphenation: kop

### Interjection

kop
* (onomatopoeia, usually repeated) knock

### Further reading

* “kop”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa. Cognate to Afrikaans kop.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kop/, [ˈkɔp̚]
* Hyphenation: kop

### Noun

kop (plural kop-kop)
* heading (of a text), headline
* handset
* head
    Synonym: kepala
* cup

#### Derived terms

* mengekop

### Further reading

* “kop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔp/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔp
* Syllabification: kop

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from kopać.

#### Noun

kop m animal
* kick (hit or strike with the leg, foot, or knee)
    Synonyms: kopniak, kopnięcie
* (colloquial) kick (sudden surge of energy to help perform some action)
* (colloquial) kick (strong reaction of the body occurring after taking psychoactive drugs)

##### Related terms

* kopać impf
* kopnąć pf

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

kop f
* genitive plural of kopa
    Synonym: kóp

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kop
* second-person singular imperative of kopać

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kop
* second-person singular imperative of kopić

### Further reading

* kop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɔp]

### Verb

kop
* second-person singular imperative of kopať

## Slovene
### Etymology

Back-formation from kopati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kóːp/

### Noun

kọ̑p m inan
* hoe (tool)

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* “kop”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kooppa. Cognates include Finnish kuoppa.

### Noun

kop
* pit, hole in the ground

#### Declension
## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian kopp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp. Compare Dutch kop, German Kopf.

### Noun

kop c (plural koppen, diminutive kopke)
* cup
* head
    Synonym: holle

#### Further reading

* “kop (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
* “kop (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011