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koppen

German, verb/ˈkɔpn̩/

koppen is spelled K-O-P-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Koppen is a German verb meaning “to crib” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geräuschvoll Luft abschlucken”.

What does koppen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to crib

  2. 2

    archaicto belch

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. geräuschvoll Luft abschlucken 2. ein Huhn begatten 3. Luft aus dem Magen aufstoßen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of koppen

  • koppt present singular third-person
  • koppte past
  • gekoppt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • koppend participle present
  • koppe first-person indicative present
  • koppst indicative present second-person
  • koppest second-person singular subjunctive
  • koppet plural second-person subjunctive
  • koppten first-person indicative plural
  • kopptest indicative preterite second-person
  • kopptet indicative plural preterite
  • kopp imperative second-person singular
  • habe gekoppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben gekoppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • kopp! imperative singular
  • koppe! imperative singular
  • koppt! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce koppen?

  • /ˈkɔpn̩/
  • [ˈkɔpn̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is koppen in German?

koppen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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