head

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
2. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
3. (countable, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
4. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
5. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
6. (countable, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
7. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
8. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
9. (countable, uncountable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
10. (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
11. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
12. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
13. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
14. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
15. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
16. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
17. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
18. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
19. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
20. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
21. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
22. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
23. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
24. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
25. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
26. (British, countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
27. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
28. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
29. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
30. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
31. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
32. (British, countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
33. (countable, uncountable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
34. (countable, metonymically) A leader or expert.
35. (countable, metonymically, uncountable) A leader or expert.
36. (Ireland, UK, countable, metonymically, uncountable) A leader or expert.
37. (countable, figuratively, metonymically, slang, uncountable) A leader or expert.
38. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
39. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
40. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
41. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
42. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
43. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
44. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A significant or important part.
45. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
46. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
47. (countable, uncountable) A significant or important part.
48. (countable, uncountable) Headway; progress.
49. (countable, uncountable) Topic; subject.
50. (countable, singular, uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
51. (countable, uncountable) Pressure and energy.
52. (countable, uncountable) Pressure and energy.
53. (countable, uncountable) Pressure and energy.
54. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
55. (countable, slang, uncountable) The glans penis.
56. (countable, slang) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
57. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Power; armed force.

Adj

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Verb

1. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
2. (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
3. (transitive) To strike with the head
4. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
5. (transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
6. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
7. (intransitive) To form a head.
8. (transitive) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
9. (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
10. (obsolete, transitive) To behead; to decapitate.
11. To go in front of.
12. To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
13. (broadly) To check or restrain.
14. To set on the head.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Foremost in rank or importance.
2. (not-comparable) Placed at the top or the front.
3. (not-comparable) Coming from in front.

Konzepte

Kopf

Haupt

Leiter

🪜

Führer

Chef

Oberhaupt

Häuptling

Spitze

führen

leiten

Direktor

köpfen

Rektor

Anführer

Birne

🍐

Direktorin

Schädel

💀

Boss

Stück

1️⃣

Leiterin

Krone

👑

anführen

Häupter

Stammeshäuptling

Schuldirektor

Vorgesetzter

Schulleiter

Rübe

Schaumkrone

Omme

Dach

Rektorin

lenken

Köpfchen

Blume

🌸

Abtritt

Kragen

Oberende

Top

Front

Fell

Familienoberhaupt

Erste

betiteln

Emir

einstellen

berichtigen

Ehrenplatz

Kapitell

Intendant

Gegenteil von

base, bottom, underside, foot, tail, point, tip, subordinate

Synonyme

chief

leader

boss

top

🔝

lead

director

skull

💀

manager

direct

master

guide

commander

pate

captain

principal

brain

🧠

mind

main

end

🔚

brains

superior

ruler

point

lord

president

front

heading

hair

crown

👑

supervisor

ringleader

chairman

conduct

tip

intellect

person in authority

steer

summit

forehead

administrator

face

apex

person

🧑‍🦱

head up

header

chieftain

senior

caput

source

first

1st

Übersetzungen

tête

cabeza

hoofd

testa

cabeça

chef

capo

cap

caput

κεφάλι

jefe

kop

baş

ser

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈhɛd/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: hed

Geerbt von Altenglisch: hēafod

Verwandt mit Schottisch: heid

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: hafola

Verwandt mit Nordfriesisch: hood

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: hoofd

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Haupt

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: huvud

Verwandt mit Dänisch: hoved

Verwandt mit Isländisch: höfuð

Verwandt mit Latein: caput

Verwandt mit Sanskrit: कपाल

Verwandt mit Hindi: कपाल

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: heed

Geerbt von Altenglisch: hēafod-

Verwandt mit Saterfriesisch: hööft-

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: haad-

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: hoofd-

Verwandt mit Deutsch: haupt-

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *káput-
Proto-Germanic *haubudą
Old English hēafod
Middle English heed
English head
From Middle English hed, from Old English hēafd-, hēafod (“head; top; chief”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *káput.
The modern word comes from Old English oblique stem hēafd-; the expected Modern English outcome for hēafod would be *heaved (similar to the Middle English word). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, chef, chief, and Howth.
Cognate with Scots heid, hede, hevid, heved (“head”), Old English hafola (“head”), North Frisian hood (“head”), Dutch hoofd (“head”), German Haupt (“head”), Swedish huvud (“head”), Danish hoved (“head”), Icelandic höfuð (“head”), Latin caput (“head”), Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”), Hindi कपाल (kapāl, “skull”).

Sätze

The government head of its legal wing is the Attorney General of India .

Der Regierungsleiter seines Rechtsflügels ist der Generalstaatsanwalt Indiens.

This raven has very short feathers on the head , throat and neck .

Dieser Raben hat sehr kurze Federn auf Kopf, Hals und Hals.

The painter gets upset and bangs his head against the mailbox outside .

Der Maler ist verärgert und schlägt den Kopf gegen die Postfach draußen.

The head coach was Kippy Brown .

Der Cheftrainer war Kippy Brown.

She wears upon her head a mural crown and veil .

Sie trägt auf ihrem Kopf eine Wandkrone und Schleier.

DeBerry was promoted to head coach .

DeBerry wurde zum Cheftrainer befördert.