kapp

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See also: Kapp and käpp

English

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A mother wearing a kapp.

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Etymology

Ultimately cognate to cap.

Noun

kapp (plural kapps)

  1. A headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian traditions (especially Mennonites and Amish) for religious reasons.
    • 2018 April 1, Debby Giusti, Amish Rescue: Faith in the Face of Crime, Harlequin, →ISBN:
      “It is a prayer kapp. Amish women cover their heads when they pray.” “But you wear it all the time?” “This is true. We are always ready to pray when our head is covered.” “I pray but perhaps not often enough,” Sarah admitted.
    • 2021 December 28, Patricia Johns, Blended Amish Blessings, Harlequin, →ISBN:
      All three of the women were older with gray hair beneath white kapps. The Mennonite []

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Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (shape), from Proto-Germanic *skapą.

Pronunciation

Noun

kapp (genitive kapi, partitive kappi)

  1. cupboard
  2. locker

Inflection

Declension of kapp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-ø gradation)
singular plural
nominative kapp kapid
accusative nom.
gen. kapi
genitive kappide
partitive kappi kappe
kappisid
illative kappi
kapisse
kappidesse
kapesse
inessive kapis kappides
kapes
elative kapist kappidest
kapest
allative kapile kappidele
kapele
adessive kapil kappidel
kapel
ablative kapilt kappidelt
kapelt
translative kapiks kappideks
kapeks
terminative kapini kappideni
essive kapina kappidena
abessive kapita kappideta
comitative kapiga kappidega

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Further reading

  • kapp”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • kapp”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • kapp”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • kapp in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

kapp

  1. singular imperative of kappen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of kappen

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kapp (energy, zeal), itself a variant of kamp (battle), probably via Middle Low German from Latin campus (field, battlefield).

Pronunciation

Noun

kapp n (genitive singular kapps, no plural)

  1. zeal, eagerness
  2. energy, effort
  3. competition

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Related terms

  • kappi (hero, champion)

Norwegian Bokmål

Nordkapp - North Cape, Norway

Etymology

From Latin caput, via German Kap.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kapp n (definite singular kappet, indefinite plural kapp, definite plural kappa or kappene)

  1. a cape, headland, promontory

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Latin caput, via German Kap.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kapp n (definite singular kappet, indefinite plural kapp, definite plural kappa)

  1. a cape, headland, promontory

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Swedish

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Adverb

kapp

  1. sometimes i kapp is used instead of ikapp (which see)

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