Wiktionary

Körper

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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. 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.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkœrpər/, [ˈkœʁpɐ], [ˈkʰœɐ̯pʰɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Kör‧per

Noun edit

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

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

Declension edit

Declension of Körper [masculine, strong]
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

Synonyms edit

  • (body of a creature): Leib

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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