Kuppe

Meaning

1. hilltop
2. tip (of finger)
3. hump (of road etc.)
4. crest (of a hill; of a pigeon)

Concepts

summit

dome

head

hill

tip

top

🔝

choline

humplock

Synonyms

Bergkuppe

Fruchtbecher

Kuppel

Wölbung

Hutkopf

Becher

kleiner Hügel

Kopf

Ätzhügel

Eishügel

Gipfel

Höcker

Hügel

Hügelchen

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gupf

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʊpə/

Etymology

From Middle High German kupfe, from Old High German kupfa (“cap, bonnet”), probably from Late Latin cuppa (“cup”). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German; compare Middle Low German koppe. Cognate with Dutch kop (“cup; head”), English cup. Related also with Kopf (“head”).