Kaaps
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans Kaaps.
Proper noun
Kaaps
- (South Africa) The form of the Afrikaans language spoken by Cape Coloured people.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch Kaaps. Equivalent to Kaap + -s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑːps/
Adjective
Kaaps (attributive Kaapse, not comparable)
- Of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope.
Proper noun
Kaaps
Descendants
- → English: Kaaps
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Caapsch (obsolete)
- Kaapsch (obsolete)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːps/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Kaaps
Adjective
Kaaps (not comparable)
- of, from or relating to the Cape of Good Hope
Declension
| Declension of Kaaps | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | Kaaps | |||
| inflected | Kaapse | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | Kaaps | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | Kaapse | ||
| n. sing. | Kaaps | |||
| plural | Kaapse | |||
| definite | Kaapse | |||
| partitive | Kaaps | |||
Derived terms
- Kaapse aalscholver
- Kaapse raasdonder
- Kaapse vos