Kopfkino
German, noun/ˈkɔp͡fˌkiːno/
Kopfkino is spelled K-O-P-F-K-I-N-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kopfkino is a German neuter noun meaning “imagination; inner cinema (in one's mind's eye)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plastische Imagination; zum Beispiel einer literarischen Szene oder einer denkbaren Entwicklung der Zukunft…”.
What does Kopfkino mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalneuterimagination; inner cinema (in one's mind's eye)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. plastische Imagination; zum Beispiel einer literarischen Szene oder einer denkbaren Entwicklung der Zukunft mit ihren Risiken und Chancen
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 Kopfkino
- Kopfkinos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kopfkino?
- /ˈkɔp͡fˌkiːno/
- [ˈkɔp͡fˌkiːno]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kopfkino in German?
Kopfkino appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).