купус

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Kappus (“cabbage”), with the first -у- coming by merger with another word with the same meaning. Compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian капуц, капус (from Venetan capuzzo), and also Old Serbo-Croatian (Kajkavian) kupust (ultimately from Latin composita (“mixed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǔpus/
  • Hyphenation: ку‧пус

Noun

ку̀пус m inan (Latin spelling kùpus)

  1. cabbage

Declension

Declension of купус
singular
nominative купус
genitive купуса
dative купусу
accusative купус
vocative купусе
locative купусу
instrumental купусом

References

  • “купус”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “купус”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 360
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