Kappa

See also: kappa and käppä

English

Etymology

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Noun

Kappa (plural Kappas)

  1. (Twitch-speak) An emote, often used as a postscript, to indicate that the preceding statement is sarcastic or false.

Interjection

Kappa

  1. (Internet) Used to indicate sarcasm in imitation of Kappa as used on Twitch.tv

Further reading
  • David Goldenberg (21 October 2015), “How Kappa Became The Face Of Twitch”, in FiveThirtyEight‎
  • Adam Newell (7 July 2017), “What does Kappa mean?”, in Dot Esports‎

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa).

Pronunciation
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Noun

Kappa n (strong, genitive Kappas or Kappa, plural Kappas)

  1. kappa (Greek letter)

Declension
Declension of Kappa [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Kappa die Kappas
genitive eines des Kappas, Kappa der Kappas
dative einem dem Kappa den Kappas
accusative ein das Kappa die Kappas

Further reading
  • “Kappa” in Duden online
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