Kehlkopf
German edit
Etymology edit
Kehle (“throat”) + Kopf (“head”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kehlkopf m (strong, genitive Kehlkopfes or Kehlkopfs, plural Kehlköpfe)
- (anatomy) larynx
- Synonym: (medicine, not generally understood) Larynx
- (informal, totum pro parte) Adam's apple
- Synonym: Adamsapfel
Declension edit
Declension of Kehlkopf [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Kehlkopf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kehlkopf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Kehlkopf” in Duden online
- Kehlkopf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de