Körper

GermanEdit

1= Kopf, Haupt 2= Gesicht 3= Hals 4= Schulter 5= Brust, Busen 6= Bauchnabel, Nabel 7= Bauch 8= Leiste 9= Penis (Pimmel, Schwanz)

10-14= Bein

10= Oberschenkel 11= Knie 12= Schienbein 13= Fußknöchel, Knöchel 14= Fuß

15-19= Arm

15= Oberarm 16= Ellbogen 18= Handgelenk 19= Hand

Alternative formsEdit

Cörper (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

13th century, from Middle High German korper, körper, körpel, from Latin corpor-, inflected stem of corpus. The word displaced first the predecessor of German Leiche, Leichnam (now “corpse”) and later on Leib (now dated, literary, religious). Doublet of Korpus, Korps. The umlaut remained rare until the 16th century. Its derivation from the -i- in Latin corporis, corpori seems unlikely in such a late borrowing. Probably the dissimilated variant körpel received the umlaut by analogy with diminutives in -el. Many Low and some Central German dialects show secondary umlaut before -r- + labial (see Hunsrik Kerrper, Kerrver and Luxembourgish Kierper), but precisely these dialects make little or no use of this word. See English corpse for more.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈkœrpər/, [ˈkœʁpɐ], [ˈkœɐ̯pɐ]
Hyphenation: Kör‧per
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NounEdit

Körper m (genitive Körpers, plural Körper, diminutive Körperchen n)

body (of a person, animal, etc.)
(physics) body
(geometry) body, solid (three-dimensional object)
(algebra) field (algebraic structure with addition and multiplication)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Körper

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Körper	die	Körper
genitive	eines	des	Körpers	der	Körper
dative	einem	dem	Körper	den	Körpern
accusative	einen	den	Körper	die	Körper

SynonymsEdit

(body of a creature): Leib