Kopfjäger
German, noun[ˈkɔp͡fˌjɛːɡɐ]
Kopfjäger is spelled K-O-P-F-J-Ä-G-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kopfjäger is a German masculine noun meaning “headhunter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die Menschen tötet, um danach ihre Köpfe mitzunehmen, entweder als Trophäe einer rituellen Kopfjagd…”.
What does Kopfjäger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheadhunter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die Menschen tötet, um danach ihre Köpfe mitzunehmen, entweder als Trophäe einer rituellen Kopfjagd oder um sie gegen Geld (Skalpprämie) einzutauschen
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 Kopfjäger
- Kopfjägers genitive
- Kopfjägern dative definite plural
- Kopfjägerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kopfjäger?
- [ˈkɔp͡fˌjɛːɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kopfjäger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kopfjäger in German?
Kopfjäger appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).