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Originally a Rotwelsch term. From Yiddish כפר (kafer, “farmer”), from Hebrew כפר (kp̄ār, “village”).
Koffer m (genitive **Koffer)
From Late Middle High German koffer, from Middle Dutch coffer, from Old French cofre.
Koffer m (strong, genitive Koffers, plural **Koffer, diminutive Köfferchen n)
A typical Koffer has a fairly inflexible, narrow and rectangular form, while a typical Reisetasche is flexible and broader (like a holdall or duffel bag). Other forms, such as trolley cases, may be referred to with either of the two words.
→ Czech: kufr
→ Lower Sorbian: kofer
→ Serbo-Croatian: kofer
Borrowed from Bavarian Koffer. Originally a Rotwelsch term. Borrowed from Yiddish כּפֿר (kafer, “farmer”), from Hebrew כְּפָר (kəp̄ār, “village”).
Koffer m (strong, genitive Koffers, plural **Koffer)
- Vollkoffer
- “Koffer” in Duden online
- “Koffer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
From Late Middle High German koffer, from Middle Dutch coffer, from Old French cofre.
Koffer m (plural **Koffer)
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Koffer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
From Middle High German cuffer, north-western variant of kupfer, from Old High German kophar, from Latin cuprum. Cognate with German Kupfer, Dutch koper, English copper, Icelandic kopar.
Koffer m (uncountable)
- copper (metal)