Kopf – German noun declension

German noun forms of Kopf

Noun: Kopf
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Kopf
Plural Köpfe

Definite

Singularder Kopf
Pluraldie Köpfe

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Kopfes; Kopfs
Plural Köpfe

Definite

Singulardes Kopfes; Kopfs
Pluralder Köpfe

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Kopf; Kopfe
Plural Köpfen

Definite

Singulardem Kopf; Kopfe
Pluralden Köpfen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen Kopf
Plural Köpfe

Definite

Singularden Kopf
Pluraldie Köpfe

Sample Sentences

  • 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.)
  • Er ist ein heller Kopf. (He's a bright fellow.)

Nouns inflected like Kopf

Korb, Kopf,

Etymology

1. 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”).
2. 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”).
3. 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. See: Dutch Nouns 'kop', English Nouns 'cop', Latin Nouns 'cūpa', English Nouns 'cup'.

Verbs referencing "Kopf"

English Nouns cup, Czech Nouns koflík.

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