kaupen

Low German

Alternative forms

  • käupen (parts of eastern Westphalia, Sauerland)
  • kopen, köpen (non-Westphalian)

Etymology

From Middle Low German kôpen, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną. The forms with f are from early contraction, analogous to Dutch kocht.

Verb

kaupen (third-person singular present köfft or köff, preterite koffte or kofft or koff, past participle kofft or koff)

  1. (most of Westphalian) to buy
    Kiek äs, de Frau köfft boll datsölwe, wat wi auk kaupt.
    Look, that woman is buying almost the same things we are buying.
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