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Meet der Kopf

See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.

All 6 meanings

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

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Kopf, use the coloured columns: masculine and plural.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

Plural die Köpfe · Dative plural den Köpfen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der große Kopf tut weh.The big head hurts.Nominative · subjectPractise „groß“ →
  2. 2
    Ich wasche den runden Kopf.I wash the round head.Accusative · waschenPractise „rund“ →
  3. 3
    Sie wackeln mit ihren großen Köpfen.They wiggle their big heads.Dative · mitPractise „groß“ →
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