Dickkopf
See also: dickkopf
German edit
Etymology edit
Bahuvrīhi compound of dick (“thick, big”) + Kopf (“head”). Attested 16th c. in the literal sense.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Dickkopf m (strong, genitive Dickkopfes or Dickkopfs, plural Dickköpfe, diminutive Dickköpfchen n, feminine (optionally) Dickköpfin)
- (now rare) someone with a big head
- stubborn person; mule
- Synonyms: Dickschädel, Querkopf, Sturkopf, Trotzkopf
- Er ist heute wieder ein richtiger Dickkopf.
- Today he is again such a mule.
- stubbornness; intransigent attitude; unyielding attitude
- (regional) European chub (a fish)
- Synonym: Döbel
- a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (Dickkopffalter)
- a bird of the family Pachycephalidae (Dickköpfe)
Declension edit
Declension of Dickkopf [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
- dickköpfig (“stubborn”)
- Dickköpfigkeit (“stubbornness”)
Descendants edit
- → English: dickkopf