kaap

See also: Kaap and kaap'

Afrikaans

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Noun

kaap (plural kape, diminutive kapie)

1. cape, headland

   Kaap die Goeie Hoop ― Cape of Good Hope

See also

• Kaap die Goeie Hoop on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^af

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːp/

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• Hyphenation: kaap
• Rhymes: -aːp

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Latin caput.

Noun

kaap f (plural kapen, diminutive kaapje n)

1. a cape, headland

   Kaap de Goede Hoop ― Cape of Good Hope

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: kaap (dated)

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to kopen (“to buy, trade”), possibly from Old Frisian kāp (“purchase”), or otherwise from Latin capio (“I seize”). Attested before kapen; originally only attested in the phrase ter kaap varen.

Noun

kaap f (plural kapen, diminutive kaapje n)

1. privateering, attacking and looting enemy ships under the auspices of one's government

   Synonym: kaapvaart

Derived terms

• kapen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kaap

1. inflection of kapen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

See also

• Kaap de Goede Hoop on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Farefare

Etymology

From Dutch kaap, German Kap. Compare also English cape, Spanish cabo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːp/

Noun

kaap

1. cape, headland

Inflection

	Singular	Plural
Regular	kaap	kaapdõma
Diminutive	kaapbila	kaapbilsi