kappen

Signification

Verb

1. (transitive) to chop, as with an axe
2. (transitive) to cut down, fell (e.g. a tree)
3. (figuratively,intransitive) (in kappen op ...) to criticize
4. (colloquial,intransitive) to cease, give up, stop
5. (intransitive,slang) to talk; notably
6. (slang,transitive) to talk; notably

Noun

plural of kap

Étymologie

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.