kobbe – Dutch noun declension

Noun: kobbe
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:

Sg.	kobbe
Pl.	kobben

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like kobbe

veerconstante, gepensioneerde, snebbe, schone, schare, schape, schade, smidse, activisme, eerstgenoemde, aanbedene, uitgewekene, aanbevolene, kraaiachtige, bekende, beminde, kiesgerechtigde, empirisme, pilaarheilige, schijnheilige, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps referring to an animal with a thick, round body, in which probably from the same source as Old Norse kobbi (“seal”), which see. Compare English cob (“male swan”), dialectal German Koppe (“crow”), and East Frisian kaabe (“seagull”), kobbe. See: Old Norse Nouns 'kobbi'.

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