kopper

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʌb̥ɐ]

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).

kopper c pl

1. smallpox

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kopper c

1. indefinite plural of kop

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

kobber

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• kobber

kopper n (definite singular kopperet)

1. copper (chemical element, symbol Cu)

• kopperfarget

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

kopper (sykdom)

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kopper pl (definite plural koppene)

1. smallpox

• vannkopper

kopper m

1. indefinite plural of kopp

• “kopper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.