"Totenkopf" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from German Totenkopf (literally “dead person's head”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|de|Totenkopf|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=dead person's head|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} German Totenkopf (literally “dead person's head”), {{bor+|en|de|Totenkopf|lit=dead person's head}} Borrowed from German Totenkopf (literally “dead person's head”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Totenkopf
  1. (World War II) Ellipsis of 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf Categories (topical): World War II
    Sense id: en-Totenkopf-en-name-kJThJ3eV

Noun [English]

Forms: Totenkopfs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Totenkopf (literally “dead person's head”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|de|Totenkopf|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=dead person's head|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} German Totenkopf (literally “dead person's head”), {{bor+|en|de|Totenkopf|lit=dead person's head}} Borrowed from German Totenkopf (literally “dead person's head”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Totenkopf (plural Totenkopfs)
  1. (military) A death's head used as a military emblem. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-Totenkopf-en-noun-ylvl-KdD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈtoːtn̩ˌkɔp͡f/ Audio: De-Totenkopf.ogg
Etymology: From Toter (“dead person”) + Kopf (“head”). Etymology templates: {{com|de|Toter|Kopf|t1=dead person|t2=head}} Toter (“dead person”) + Kopf (“head”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Totenkopf m (strong, genitive Totenkopfes or Totenkopfs, plural Totenköpfe) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Totenkopfes [genitive], Totenkopfs [genitive], Totenköpfe [plural], strong [table-tags], Totenkopf [nominative, singular], Totenköpfe [definite, nominative, plural], Totenkopfes [genitive, singular], Totenkopfs [genitive, singular], Totenköpfe [definite, genitive, plural], Totenkopf [dative, singular], Totenkopfe [dative, singular], Totenköpfen [dative, definite, plural], Totenkopf [accusative, singular], Totenköpfe [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. death's head, skull and crossbones (symbol of death, piracy, etc.) Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Todtenkopf [obsolete] Derived forms: Totenkopfäffchen [neuter], Totenkopffahne [feminine], Totenkopfflagge [feminine], Totenkopfverband [masculine]
    Sense id: en-Totenkopf-de-noun-EV~~g4uO Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1920, Rainer Maria Rilke, “Letzter Abend”, in Neue Gedichte, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag",
          "text": "Sein Spiel gab nach. Von draußen wehte Frische. / Und seltsam fremd stand auf dem Spiegeltische / der schwarze Tschako mit dem Totenkopf.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "death's head, skull and crossbones (symbol of death, piracy, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "death's head",
          "death's-head"
        ],
        [
          "skull and crossbones",
          "skull and crossbones"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtoːtn̩ˌkɔp͡f/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Totenkopf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/De-Totenkopf.ogg/De-Totenkopf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/De-Totenkopf.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Todtenkopf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Totenkopf"
}

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