købe

See also: kobe, Kobe, kôbe, kōbe, Kōbe, kobé, Kobé, and kobë

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish køpæ (“buy, purchase”), from Old Norse kaupa, past tense keypta, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, *kaupijaną, cognate with German kaufen and Dutch kopen. The Germanic verb is probably a loan from Latin caupō (“tradesman”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰøːb̥ə], [ˈkʰøːʊ]

Verb

købe (imperative køb, infinitive at købe, present tense køber, past tense købte, perfect tense har købt)

  1. buy
  2. purchase
  3. bribe

Conjugation

Conjugation of købe
active passive
present køber købes
past købte købtes
infinitive købe købes
imperative køb —
participle
present købende
past købt
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund køben

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjøpe
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