Kopf

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) head
  2. (masculine, strong) crown, top
  3. (masculine, strong) heading, title
  4. (masculine, strong) person; individual; fellow (referring to one's intellect or mentality)
  5. (masculine, strong) head
  6. (masculine, strong) heads (side of a coin)

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

chopf

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

kopf

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

byybeli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

byyle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

biire

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

botsch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bummi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dabernaggel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

dänggwäärzli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

epfel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

giibel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

grind

Aargau

Aargau

grind

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kiirbis

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kopf

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

melli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

molli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

nyschel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schissle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

seschter

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

stai

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ziibele

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

möllì

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

tuarlì

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kessel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔpf/
Etymology

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”), 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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