koppeln

See also: Koppeln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German koppeln, kuppeln, kupelen (to bind (to a paddock, chiefly dogs); to pinion), a hunting jargon term borrowed from Old French copler, coupler.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔpəln/, [ˈkʰɔpl̩n]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kop‧peln

Verb

koppeln (weak, third-person singular present koppelt, past tense koppelte, past participle gekoppelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to connect or interconnect
  2. to couple or interlink

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), koppeln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • koppeln” in Duden online
  • koppeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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