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Alternative forms
- Kopp (colloquial; northern and central Germany)
Noun
Kopf m (genitive Kopfes or Kopfs, plural Köpfe)
- (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.
- crown, top
- heading, title
- person; individual; fellow (referring to one's intellect)
- Er ist ein heller Kopf.
- He's a bright fellow. (Lit.: He is a bright head.)
- (linguistics) head
- heads (side of a coin)
Declension
Declension of Kopf
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noun |
def.
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noun |
nominative |
ein |
der |
Kopf
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die |
Köpfe
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genitive |
eines |
des |
Kopfes, Kopfs
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der |
Köpfe
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dative |
einem |
dem |
Kopf, Kopfe1
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den |
Köpfen
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accusative |
einen |
den |
Kopf
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die |
Köpfe
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1Now uncommon, see notes
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