koffer

From Middle Dutch cofer, couer, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.fər/

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• Hyphenation: kof‧fer
• Rhymes: -ɔfər

koffer m (plural koffers, diminutive koffertje n)

1. a suitcase
2. a luggage compartment in a small vehicle; a trunk, a boot

   Synonyms: kofferbak, kofferruimte

3. (now Suriname) a trunk, a large chest used to move luggage

   Synonyms: hutkoffer, reiskist

• In some areas of the Netherlands and Belgium, koffer is a neuter noun and uses the definite article het.

• (suitcase): valies

• dakkoffer
• geldkoffer
• handkoffer
• hutkoffer
• kofferbak
• kofferdam
• kofferen
• kofferruimte
• kofferschrijfmachine
• plofkoffer
• reiskoffer

• Afrikaans: koffer
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kofru
• → Caribbean Javanese: koper
• → Indonesian: koper
• → Sranan Tongo: kofru
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kofru
• → West Frisian: koffer

First attested in 1757. From German Koffer, from Middle Dutch coffer. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkofːɛr]
• Hyphenation: kof‧fer
• Rhymes: -ɛr

koffer (plural kofferek or kofferok)

1. suitcase

   Synonyms: bőrönd, utazótáska

or

• koffer in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN