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hoved.

head (the body part with the brain and main sense organs)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhoːəð/[ˈho̝ːð̩˕˗ˠ]
  1. head (the body part with the brain and main sense organs)

    neuter
  2. mind (the cognitive activities of a human being)

    neuter
  3. person

    neuter
  4. head (something with a form or a position that resembles a head, e.g. a vegetable or a page)

    figuratively · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish howæth, huwæth, from Old Norse hǫfuð, haufuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, cf. English head, dialectal German Haupt, Dutch hoofd. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *káput, cognate with Latin caput (“head”).

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