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copen

copen verb: to cowrite.

Verb

copen (third-person singular simple present copens, present participle copenning, simple past and past participle copenned)

  1. (transitive) To cowrite.

Proper noun capitalized: Copen

Copen (plural Copens)

  1. A surname.

Forms of copen

Verb
third-person singular presentcopens
present participlecopenning
past participlecopenned
pastcopenned
alternative formco-pen
Proper noun
pluralCopens

Origin of copen

From co- + pen.

Spelling variant of both Coppin and Koppen (a German patronymic surname reduced from Jakob).

Questions about copen

What does copen mean?
Copen means to cowrite.
What part of speech is copen?
Copen can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of copen?
The past tense of copen is copenned.

Words near copen in the dictionary

  1. copels
  2. copeman
  3. copemate
  4. copemates
  5. copemen
  6. copen
  7. copending
  8. Copenhagen
  9. Copenhagen blue
  10. Copenhagen blues
  11. Copenhagen interpretation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: copen (page history and authors); Copen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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