From Middle Dutch coopmanscap, copenschap, possibly inherited from Proto-West Germanic ; compare Middle High German koufmanschaft (German Kaufmannschaft), Middle Low German kōpmanschop, English chapmanship, Old Frisian kapenskip (West Frisian keapmanskip). By surface analysis, koopman (“merchant”) + -schap (“-hood, -ship”).
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koopmanschap f (uncountable)