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

kap

• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

hack

cut

chop

curl

overthrow

cut off

do

hew

fell

chop down

cover

cut down

defeat

demolish

depress

dig up

discourage

dishearten

down

drop

enervate

enfeeble

excavate

exhaust

facet

go through

grave

🪦

grub

humiliate

kill

🔪🩸👤

liquidate

mortify

nark

overcome

pass through

pull down

quiet

quiten

shoot

shoot dead

slaughter

slay

slice

soothe

still

surmount

tackle

take down

tranquilize

tweak

Synonyms

hakken

houwen

friseren

vellen

neervellen

omhakken

afkappen

afhouwen

afhakken

afbreken

verslaan

slopen

wippen

omkappen

fusilleren

gaan door

geruststellen

kalmeren

kleinmaken

neerdrukken

neerhalen

neerslaan

neerslachtig maken

ombrengen

🔪🩸👤

omverwerpen

ontmoedigen

opduikelen

opgraven

ophouden

overwinnen

rooien

slachten

slijpen

snerpen

snijden

terneerdrukken

uitgraven

uitknippen

uitputten

vernederen

verootmoedigen

verzwakken

winnen

zegevieren

😤

de moed ontnemen

neerkomen

putten uit

platgooien

afleggen

aflopen

Translations

frisieren

coiffer

hacken

hauen

abattre

hacher

tailler

friser

fällen

picar

rachar

frisar

tagliare

faire tomber

destralejar

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: cappen

Cognate with German: kappen

Cognate with English: chap

In summary

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.