kopper

See also: Köpper

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰʌb̥ɐ]

Etymology 1

Maybe a euphemistic refashioning of pokker, from Middle Low German pocke, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), cognate with English pock, pox, German Pocke. Alternatively from kopper, the plural of kop (“cup”) (from the cups used for blood-letting).

Noun

kopper c pl

  1. smallpox

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kopper c

  1. indefinite plural of kop

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

kopper n (definite singular kopperet)

  1. copper (chemical element, symbol Cu)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

kopper pl (definite plural koppene)

  1. smallpox

See also

Etymology 3

Noun

kopper m

  1. indefinite plural of kopp

References

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