Kugelkopf
German, noun/ˈkuːɡl̩ˌkɔp͡f/
Kugelkopf is spelled K-U-G-E-L-K-O-P-F (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kugelkopf is a German masculine noun meaning “typeball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kugelförmiger Bauteil einer Kugelkopfschreibmaschine, auf dem die Schriftzeichen angebracht sind”.
What does Kugelkopf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetypeball
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kugelförmiger Bauteil einer Kugelkopfschreibmaschine, auf dem die Schriftzeichen angebracht sind
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 Kugelkopf
- Kugelkopfes genitive
- Kugelkopfs genitive
- Kugelköpfe plural
- Kugelkopfe dative singular
- Kugelköpfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kugelkopf?
- /ˈkuːɡl̩ˌkɔp͡f/
- [ˈkuːɡl̩ˌkɔp͡f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kugelkopf in German?
Kugelkopf appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).