Kappa

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See also: kappa and käppä

English

Etymology

From English kappa, borrowed from Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). Included as an Easter Egg by an early Twitch employee.

Noun

Kappa (plural Kappas)

  1. (Twitch-speak) An emote, often used as a postscript, to indicate that the preceding statement is sarcastic or false.

Interjection

Kappa

  1. (Internet) Used to indicate sarcasm in imitation of Kappa as used on Twitch.tv

Further reading

  • David Goldenberg (2015 October 21) “How Kappa Became The Face Of Twitch”, in FiveThirtyEight‎
  • Adam Newell (2017 July 7) “What does Kappa mean?”, in Dot Esports

German

 Kappa on German Wikipedia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kappa n (strong, genitive Kappas or Kappa, plural Kappas)

  1. kappa (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of Kappa
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Kappa die Kappas
genitive eines des Kappas, Kappa der Kappas
dative einem dem Kappa den Kappas
accusative ein das Kappa die Kappas

Further reading

  • “Kappa” in Duden online
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