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kaap (plural kape, diminutive kapie)

1. cape, headland

   Kaap die Goeie Hoop ― Cape of Good Hope

•   Kaap die Goeie Hoop on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^af

• IPA^(key): /kaːp/

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• Hyphenation: kaap
• Rhymes: -aːp

Borrowed from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Latin caput.

kaap f (plural kapen, diminutive kaapje n)

1. a cape, headland

   Kaap de Goede Hoop ― Cape of Good Hope

• → Papiamentu: kaap (dated)

Perhaps related to kopen (“to buy, trade”), possibly from Old Frisian kāp (“purchase”), or otherwise from Latin capio (“I seize”). Attested before kapen; originally only attested in the phrase ter kaap varen.

kaap f (plural kapen, diminutive kaapje n)

1. privateering, attacking and looting enemy ships under the auspices of one's government

   Synonym: kaapvaart

• kapen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kaap

1. inflection of kapen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

•   Kaap de Goede Hoop on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From Dutch kaap, German Kap. Compare also English cape, Spanish cabo.

• IPA^(key): /kaːp/

kaap

1. cape, headland