kumpan

See also: Kumpan

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish kompæn, kompan, kumpan, borrowed from Middle Low German kumpān, from Old French compaing, from Late Latin compāniō (literally “bread-fellow”). Cognate of Swedish kompan, kompis and German Kumpan, Kumpel. Doublet of kompagnon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompaːn/, [kʰɔmˈpʰæˀn]

Noun

kumpan c (singular definite kumpanen, plural indefinite kumpaner)

1. (derogatory, joking) associate, friend

Inflection

Declension of kumpan

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kumpan	kumpanen	kumpaner	kumpanerne
genitive	kumpans	kumpanens	kumpaners	kumpanernes

References

• “kumpan” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Kompan” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kompan, kumpan, kompon, from Middle Low German kumpān, from Old French compain, compaing, from Late Latin compāniō (literally “he with whom one shares one's bread”), from com- + pānis (with + bread). Cognate of German Kumpan, Kumpel, Icelandic kumpánn, kompánn, Polish kompan. Doublet of kompani and kompanjon.

Noun

kumpan c

1. (derogatory) associate, friend, crony

Declension

Declension of kumpan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kumpan	kumpans
	definite	kumpanen	kumpanens
plural	indefinite	kumpaner	kumpaners
	definite	kumpanerna	kumpanernas

References

• “kumpan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kumpan”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kumpan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)