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kop.

cup (for drinking)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɔp/
  1. cup (for drinking)

    masculine
    Nog een kopje thee?
  2. head

    colloquial · derogatory · masculine
    Buldogs hebben een angstaanjagende kop.
    Hou je kop!
  3. a (male) human

    broadly · colloquial · masculine
    Wat een kwaaie kop!
  4. head of a nail, pin etc.

    masculine
    Je slaat de spijker op de kop.
  5. front, lead, e.g. in a race; charge, control

    masculine
    De underdog ligt op kop.
  6. heading (of a text), headline

    masculine
  7. heads (side of a coin)

    masculine
  8. pegbox (part of a stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs)

    masculine
  9. one head's height

    masculine
    Hij is een kop groter dan ik.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch cop, probably from Late Latin cuppa.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.