Kappa

See also: kappa and käppä

English

Etymology

From English kappa, borrowed from Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). Included as an Easter Egg by an early Twitch employee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.pə/

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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^[1]
• Adam Newell (7 July 2017), “What does Kappa mean?”, in Dot Esports

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkapa/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Kap‧pa

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa).

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

Etymology 2

Noun

Kappa f (genitive Kappa, plural Kappas)

1. (informal) clipping of Kapazität

Declension

Declension of Kappa [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kappa	die	Kappas
genitive	einer	der	Kappa	der	Kappas
dative	einer	der	Kappa	den	Kappas
accusative	eine	die	Kappa	die	Kappas

Further reading

• “Kappa” in Duden online