Körper

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) body (of a person, animal, etc.)
2. (masculine, strong) body
3. (masculine, strong) body, solid (three-dimensional object)
4. (masculine, strong) field (algebraic structure with addition and multiplication)

Concepts

body

solid

field

trunk

corpse

geometric body

torso

cadaver

bodies

frame

generally

interior

object

person

🧑‍🦱

personal

physique

profundity

remains

rigid body

solid body

stiff

subject

systemic

wood

🪵

you

Aas

main part

counter for humanoid forms

health

⚕️

human body

meat

🥩

organic structure

physical structure

body

blade

body

buddy

carcase

carcass

clay

container

corps

dead body

flesh

🥩

Synonyms

Leib

Rumpf

Leichnam

Kadaver

Leiche

Aas

geometrischer Körper

Tierleiche

Fleisch

🥩

Gerippe

haltbar

Helm

Helme

Karosserie

Körperbau

Körperschaft

Korpus

Kubus

Mantel

🧥

Objekt

Person

🧑‍🦱

Rohbau

🐚

Scherbe

Scherben

Schiffsrumpf

stichhaltig

Substanz

Torso

verrückt

zuverlässig

Flugzeugrumpf

fürstlich

Stadtkern

fester Körper

menschlicher Körper

Hubschrauberrumpf

dreidimensionale Form

Karkasse

Corpus

geschlachtetes Tier

Aase

dicht

echt

fest

Festkörper

Figur

Gegenstand

Gehäuse

Translations

corps

cuerpo

corpo

lichaam

corpo

beden

σώμα

cos

vücut

corpus

gövde

جسم

beden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkœrpər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: korper

Cognate with Hunsrik: Kerrper

Cognate with Luxembourgish: Kierper

In summary

From Middle High German korper, körper, körpel, from Latin corpor-, inflected stem of corpus.
The word displaced first the predecessor of German Leiche, Leichnam (now “corpse”) and later on Leib (now dated, literary, religious). Doublet of Korpus, Korps. The umlaut remained rare until the 16th century. Its derivation from the -i- in Latin corporis, corpori seems unlikely in such a late borrowing. Probably the dissimilated variant körpel received the umlaut by analogy with diminutives in -el. Some Central German dialects show secondary umlaut before -r- + labial (see Hunsrik Kerrper, Kerrver and Luxembourgish Kierper), but precisely these dialects make little or no use of this word. See English corpse for more.

Sentences

Organe aus einem toten Körper sind wertlos .

Organs from a dead body are worthless.

Wieso akzeptierst du deinen Körper nicht einfach , wie er ist ?

Why don't you just accept your body as it is?

Die Symbole können aus einem beliebigen Körper stammen .

The symbols can come from any body.

Mit seinem biegsamen Körper ist er optimal an seine Umwelt angepasst .

With its flexible body, it is optimally adapted to its environment.