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Alternative formsEdit

• Kopp (colloquial; northern and central Germany)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German kopf (“drinking vessel”), probably from Late Latin cuppa, probably a form of Latin cūpa (“tub”) from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“a hollow”). Cognate with English cup. Compare English noggin, and mug. French tête. Alternatively it is derived from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, round vessel, head”), whilst influenced by the aforesaid Latin word, and if so then related to obsolete English cop (“the crown (of the head); the head”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔpf/, [kɔp͡f], [kɔp͡ɸ]

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NounEdit

Kopf m (genitive Kopfes or Kopfs, plural Köpfe)

1. (anatomy) head

   Er fiel die Treppe hinunter, als sie ihm ein Buch an den Kopf warf.

   He fell down the stairs when she threw a book at his head.

2. crown, top
3. heading, title
4. person; individual; fellow (referring to one's intellect or mentality)

   Er ist ein heller Kopf.

   He's a bright fellow.

   (literally, “He is a bright head.”)

5. (linguistics) head
6. (numismatics) heads (side of a coin)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Kopf

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kopf	die	Köpfe
genitive	eines	des	Kopfes, Kopfs	der	Köpfe
dative	einem	dem	Kopf, Kopfe1	den	Köpfen
accusative	einen	den	Kopf	die	Köpfe

¹Now uncommon, see notes

SynonymsEdit

• (head): Haupt

Derived termsEdit

• -köpfig
• Briefkopf
• Brückenkopf
• Doppelkopf
• Dummkopf
• Hinterkopf
• Hitzkopf
• Notenkopf
• Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen
• Kopfhörer m
• Quatschkopf m
• Schwachkopf m
• Stahlkopfforelle f
• verkopft

Further readingEdit

• Kopf in Duden online