kappen

Meaning

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

Concepts

hack

chop

cut

overthrow

curl

hew

cut off

do

fell

carve

chisel

facet

grave

slice

whittle

abase

appease

assuage

beat

breakdown

butcher

calm

cover

defeat

demolish

depress

dig up

discourage

dishearten

down

drop

enervate

enfeeble

excavate

exhaust

go through

grub

humiliate

kill

liquidate

mortify

overcome

pass through

pull down

quiet

quiten

shoot

shoot dead

slaughter

slay

soothe

still

surmount

tackle

take down

tranquilize

use up

vanquish

weaken

win over

chop down

cut down

fell a tree

tweak

nark

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.