krop

Meaning

1. (masculine) an unhealthy enlargement of a bird's gullet
2. (masculine) the head (capitulum) of certain plants, especially lettuce
3. (masculine) a tissue growth, a goitre, notably struma
4. (broadly, masculine, obsolete) the throat or rather the whole neck of certain animals, especially birds, rarely of humans
5. (masculine, metonymically) any emotion felt as a lump in throat, e.g. caused by fear, anxiety or grief

Concepts

pate

crop

head

goiter

craw

thyroid enlargement

goitre

loaf

struma

Synonyms

hoofd

kop

struma

keelzak

Translations

Kropf

tête

cabeça

gozzo

Kopf

papo

cabeza

testa

κεφάλι

caput

cap

ser

lechuga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/krɔp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: crop

Inherited from Old Dutch: *krop

Cognate with English: crop

Cognate with German: Kropf

In summary

From Middle Dutch crop, from Old Dutch *krop, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. Doublet of groep. Cognate with English crop, German Kropf.