Kokos

See also: kokos, kokoś, and kokoš

German[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese cocos, plural of coco (literally “grinning face”), probably due to the three holes in the shell resembling a human face.

IPA^(key): /ˈkoːkʊs/ (clearly commonest, though unmentioned by prescriptive sources; Kokusnuss is a frequent misspelling)
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IPA^(key): /ˈkoːkos/, [ˈkoːkoˑs] (original form, but now rarer because this syllable type exists in German only when -s is a recognisable grammatical ending)
IPA^(key): /ˈkoːkɔs/ (entirely uncommon in northern and central Germany, perhaps used by southern speakers whose /ɔ/ is [o])

Kokos n (strong, genitive Kokos, no plural)

(collective) the flesh of the coconut; its taste
Synonym: Kokosnuss (also a single fruit)
(collective) coir; the fibres won from the shells of coconuts
Synonym: Kokosfasern (plural)

Declension of Kokos [sg-only, neuter, strong]

→ Crimean Tatar: kokos
→ Czech: kokos
→ Macedonian: коко́с (kokós)
→ Norwegian: kokos
→ Polish: kokos
→ Russian: коко́с (kokós)
- → Armenian: կոկոս (kokos)
- → Kildin Sami: кокос (kokos)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: коко́с

Latin script: kokós
→ Ukrainian: коко́с (kokós)