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Kopf.

head

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɔpf/[kɔp͡f][kɔp͡ɸ]

  1. head

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

  2. crown, top

    masculine · strong

  3. heading, title

    masculine · strong

  4. person; individual; fellow (referring to one's intellect or mentality)

    masculine · strong
    Er ist ein heller Kopf.

  5. head

    masculine · strong

  6. heads (side of a coin)

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German kopf (“drinking vessel”), from Old High German kopf, chopf, kupf (“mug, bowl, head”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“round object, bowl, crown of the head”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to turn, bend, arch, curve”). Cognate with German Low German Kopp (“head”), Dutch kop (“head”), Saterland Frisian Kop (“head”), Yiddish קאָפּ (kop, “head”), English cop (“the crown (of the head); the head”). Alternatively, from or influenced by Late Latin cuppa, probably a form of Latin cūpa (“tub”) from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”), related to English cup, although the form and gender make this derivation less likely.

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