kobbe

Dutch

Alternative forms

koab, koap, kaap

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare English cob (“male swan”) and dialectal German Koppe (“crow”).[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

kobbe ? (plural ?)

  1. (Groningen, dialectal) the bird species European herring gull, Larus argentatus
    Synonym: zilvermeeuw

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kobbe1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

Swedish
ejdrar på en kobbe

Noun

kobbe c

  1. a low, rocky, rounded islet (in a coastal archipelago)

Declension
Declension of kobbe 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kobbe kobben kobbar kobbarna
Genitive kobbes kobbens kobbars kobbarnas

See also

References

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch coppe, from Old Dutch *kopp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, round vessel, head”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Compare Danish edderkop, Norwegian edderkopp, English coppe, Low German kobbe.

Noun

kobbe f

  1. spider

Derived terms
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