kapp

Alternative forms

• cap

Etymology

Ultimately cognate to cap.

Noun

kapp (plural kapps)

1. A headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian traditions (especially Mennonites and Amish) for religious reasons.
   • 2018 April 1, Debby Giusti, Amish Rescue: Faith in the Face of Crime, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     “It is a prayer kapp. Amish women cover their heads when they pray.” “But you wear it all the time?” “This is true. We are always ready to pray when our head is covered.” “I pray but perhaps not often enough,” Sarah admitted.

   • 2021 December 28, Patricia Johns, Blended Amish Blessings, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     All three of the women were older with gray hair beneath white kapps. The Mennonite […]

See also

• fedderdale, hinnerdale

Etymology

From Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑpːː/

Noun

kapp (genitive kapi, partitive kappi)

1. cupboard
2. locker

Further reading

• “kapp”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “kapp”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kapp”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kapp in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Pronunciation

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Verb

kapp

1. singular imperative of kappen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of kappen

Etymology

From Old Norse kapp (“energy, zeal”), itself a variant of kamp (“battle”), probably via Middle Low German from Latin campus (“field, battlefield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰahp/
• Rhymes: -ahp

Noun

kapp n (genitive singular kapps, no plural)

1. zeal, eagerness

   Synonyms: ákafi, áfergja, gríð, fylgi

2. energy, effort

   Synonym: atorka

3. competition

   Synonym: keppni

Etymology

From Latin caput, via German Kap.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kapp n (definite singular kappet, indefinite plural kapp, definite plural kappa or kappene)

1. a cape, headland, promontory

References

• “kapp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin caput, via German Kap.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kapp n (definite singular kappet, indefinite plural kapp, definite plural kappa)

1. a cape, headland, promontory

References

• “kapp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• ikapp

Pronunciation

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Adverb

kapp

1. sometimes i kapp is used instead of ikapp (which see)

Further reading

• kapp in Svensk ordbok.