Masculine
🛍️

Kauf

Concepts

purchase
🛍️
buying
purchasing
acquisition
buy
🛍️
taking over
purchase
🛍️
bargain
market

sales activity

buy
🛍️
marketplace
corruption
buyer
bazaar
shopping
🛍️
bribery
transaction

Republic of Kenya

converting money into goods

fair
grab bag
Synonyms

Einkauf
C2
🛍️
Erwerb
33k
Anschaffung
🛍️
Ankauf
🛍️

Erwerbung

Aufkauf

Akquisition
Aneignung
Investition
C1
Markt
B2
Übernahme
C2
Kaufen
A2
Geschäft
A2
Einkaufen
B2
Käufe
Kaufhaus
C2
🏬
Zukauf
🛍️
Märkte
23k
Marktplatz
C2
kauft
B2

Verkaufshalle

Warenhaus
27k
🏬
Bezug
C1
Beschaffung
44k
🛍️
Basar
27k
Ankaufen
Translations

compra
🛍️
compra
🛍️
acquisto
🛍️
achat
🛍️
adquisición
aankoop
🛍️
compra
aanschaf
🛍️
koop
🛍️

αγορά

compera
🛍️
inkoop
🛍️
aquisição
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaʊ̯f/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
kouf
Inherited from Old High German
kouf
Cognate with Ancient Greek
κάπηλος
Cognate with English
English
cheap
Cognate with Northern Frisian
kuup
Cognate with Western Frisian
Western Frisian
keap
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
koop
Cognate with Low German
kopen
Cognate with Swedish
köp
Cognate with Icelandic
kaup
Cognate with Finnish
kauppa
In summary

From Middle High German kouf, from Old High German kouf (“trade, barter, commerce”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup. Cognates Related to Ancient Greek κάπηλος (kápēlos, “huckster”), English cheap, North Frisian kuup (“purchase”), West Frisian keap (“purchase, buy, acquisition”), Dutch koop (“buy, purchase, deal”), kopen (“to buy, purchase, shop”), Low German kopen (“to buy”), Swedish köp (“bargain, purchase”), köpa (“to buy, purchase”), Icelandic kaup (“purchase, bargain”), kaupa (“to purchase”), Finnish kauppa (“shop”).

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