"Dummkopf" meaning in German

See Dummkopf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdʊmˌkɔp͡f/ Audio: De-Dummkopf.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From dumm + Kopf. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|dumm|Kopf}}, {{com|de|dumm|Kopf}} dumm + Kopf Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e|f=Dummköpfin}} Dummkopf m (strong, genitive Dummkopfes or Dummkopfs, plural Dummköpfe, feminine Dummköpfin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Dummkopfes [genitive], Dummkopfs [genitive], Dummköpfe [plural], Dummköpfin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Dummkopf [nominative, singular], Dummköpfe [definite, nominative, plural], Dummkopfes [genitive, singular], Dummkopfs [genitive, singular], Dummköpfe [definite, genitive, plural], Dummkopf [dative, singular], Dummkopfe [dative, singular], Dummköpfen [dative, definite, plural], Dummkopf [accusative, singular], Dummköpfe [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (colloquial, derogatory) airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead Tags: colloquial, derogatory, masculine, strong Synonyms: Dummbatz, Holzkopf, Wirrkopf, Schwachkopf Derived forms: Dummköpfin

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "dummkopf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "dumm",
      "dumm#German"
    ],
    [
      "Kopf",
      "Kopf#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "dumm",
        "4": "Kopf"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "dumm",
        "3": "Kopf"
      },
      "expansion": "dumm + Kopf",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dumm + Kopf.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e",
        "f": "Dummköpfin"
      },
      "expansion": "Dummkopf m (strong, genitive Dummkopfes or Dummkopfs, plural Dummköpfe, feminine Dummköpfin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Dumm",
        "kopf"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "de:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Dummköpfin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead"
      ],
      "id": "en-Dummkopf-de-noun-5LFY9usR",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "airhead",
          "airhead"
        ],
        [
          "birdbrain",
          "birdbrain"
        ],
        [
          "bubblehead",
          "bubblehead"
        ],
        [
          "feather-brain",
          "feather-brain"
        ],
        [
          "featherhead",
          "featherhead"
        ],
        [
          "jingle-brains",
          "jingle-brains"
        ],
        [
          "lamebrain",
          "lamebrain"
        ],
        [
          "peabrain",
          "peabrain"
        ],
        [
          "pinhead",
          "pinhead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, derogatory) airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Dummbatz"
        },
        {
          "word": "Holzkopf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Wirrkopf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schwachkopf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʊmˌkɔp͡f/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Dummkopf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/De-Dummkopf.ogg/De-Dummkopf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/De-Dummkopf.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dummkopf"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Dummköpfin"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "dummkopf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "dumm",
      "dumm#German"
    ],
    [
      "Kopf",
      "Kopf#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "dumm",
        "4": "Kopf"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "dumm",
        "3": "Kopf"
      },
      "expansion": "dumm + Kopf",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dumm + Kopf.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummkopf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dummköpfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e",
        "f": "Dummköpfin"
      },
      "expansion": "Dummkopf m (strong, genitive Dummkopfes or Dummkopfs, plural Dummköpfe, feminine Dummköpfin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Dumm",
        "kopf"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German compound terms",
        "German derogatory terms",
        "German entries referencing missing etymons",
        "German entries with etymon",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gew-",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "de:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "airhead",
          "airhead"
        ],
        [
          "birdbrain",
          "birdbrain"
        ],
        [
          "bubblehead",
          "bubblehead"
        ],
        [
          "feather-brain",
          "feather-brain"
        ],
        [
          "featherhead",
          "featherhead"
        ],
        [
          "jingle-brains",
          "jingle-brains"
        ],
        [
          "lamebrain",
          "lamebrain"
        ],
        [
          "peabrain",
          "peabrain"
        ],
        [
          "pinhead",
          "pinhead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, derogatory) airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Dummbatz"
        },
        {
          "word": "Holzkopf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Wirrkopf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schwachkopf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʊmˌkɔp͡f/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Dummkopf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bb/De-Dummkopf.ogg/De-Dummkopf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/De-Dummkopf.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dummkopf"
}

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