Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en kappa

coat/ˈkaˌpːa/

Meaning

coat

In Swedish: slags längre ytterplagg (för damer)

Forms

Forms of kappa
Singular, indefinite	en kappa
Singular, definite	kappan
Plural, indefinite	kappor
Plural, definite	kapporna

kappa is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor kappa, den stora kappan. Check another noun

Practise kappa

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Is it en kappa or ett kappa?

Expressions

vända kappan efter vinden
be a turncoat

Words built with kappa

kappkrage coat collar
regnkappa raincoat

Questions

What does kappa mean in English?

kappa means “coat”.

Is it en kappa or ett kappa?

It is en kappa, and “the coat” is kappan.

What is the plural of kappa?

The plural of kappa is kappor, and the definite plural is kapporna.

Origin

According to NE: From Old Swedish kappa, from Medieval Latin cappa.

Nearby common words

kappa is number 3,630 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,626betrakta look at, contemplate
3,627främsta first
3,628spöka haunt
3,629signera sign
3,631underkläder underwear, underclothes
3,632figur figure, character
3,633fotograf photographer
3,634kant margin, edge

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary