Schrumpfkopf
German, noun[ˈʃʁʊmp͡fˌkɔp͡f]
Schrumpfkopf is spelled S-C-H-R-U-M-P-F-K-O-P-F (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrumpfkopf is a German masculine noun meaning “shrunken head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Trophäe einiger südamerikanischer Völker, die aus dem abgetrennten, geschrumpften und mumifizierten Kopf…”.
What does Schrumpfkopf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshrunken head
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trophäe einiger südamerikanischer Völker, die aus dem abgetrennten, geschrumpften und mumifizierten Kopf eines Gegners hergestellt wird
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 Schrumpfkopf
- Schrumpfkopfes genitive
- Schrumpfkopfs genitive
- Schrumpfköpfe plural
- Schrumpfkopfe dative singular
- Schrumpfköpfen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schrumpfkopf?
- [ˈʃʁʊmp͡fˌkɔp͡f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schrumpfkopf in German?
Schrumpfkopf appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).