Dummkopf
German, noun/ˈdʊmˌkɔp͡f/
Dummkopf is spelled D-U-M-M-K-O-P-F (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dummkopf is a German masculine noun meaning “airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dummer Mensch”.
What does Dummkopf mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculineairhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dummer Mensch
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dummkopf
- Dummkopfes genitive
- Dummkopfs genitive
- Dummköpfe plural
- Dummköpfin feminine
- Dummkopfe dative singular
- Dummköpfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dummkopf?
- /ˈdʊmˌkɔp͡f/
- [ˈdʊmkɔp͡f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dummkopf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dummkopf in German?
Dummkopf appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).