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kappen

“kappen” is a Dutch word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to chop, as with an axe
  2. to cut down, fell (e.g. a tree)
  3. (in kappen op ...) to criticize
  4. to cease, give up, stop
  5. to plead
  6. to speak (a) slang
  7. to cut (someone's) hair and model it
  8. to dress (someone) with a bonnet, hood, cap
  9. to cover (something) with a (heavy) hood, casing etc.
  10. to trick (someone), play a prank on
  11. to have offspring, especially piglets

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cappen. Further origin unsettled. Apparently related to German Low German kappen (“to clip, cut”), German kappen (“to clip, cut”), English chap and chop; thus it would also be distantly related to tjappen. The slang sense may have a distinct (unknown) etymology.

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