Kopfwort

German

Etymology

Kopf +‎ Wort

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔp͡fˌvɔʁt/
Hyphenation: Kopf‧wort
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Noun

Kopfwort n (genitive Kopfworts or Kopfwortes, plural Kopfwörter)

(linguistic morphology) final clipping; apocope

Declension

Declension of Kopfwort

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kopfwort	die	Kopfwörter
genitive	eines	des	Kopfwortes, Kopfworts	der	Kopfwörter
dative	einem	dem	Kopfwort, Kopfworte¹	den	Kopfwörtern
accusative	ein	das	Kopfwort	die	Kopfwörter

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Further reading

Kopfwort in Duden online

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