Skalp
German, noun/skalp/
Skalp is spelled S-K-A-L-P (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skalp is a German masculine noun meaning “scalp (part of the skin of a slain enemy's head kept as a token)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Haupthaar mit Haut, Unterhaut und Sehnenhaube; gesamtes Gewebe über dem Schädeldach, vor allem, wenn es als…”.
What does Skalp mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescalp (part of the skin of a slain enemy's head kept as a token)
- 2
masculinea defeated enemy; a scalp
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Haupthaar mit Haut, Unterhaut und Sehnenhaube; gesamtes Gewebe über dem Schädeldach, vor allem, wenn es als Trophäe präpariert wurde
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 Skalp
- Skalpes genitive
- Skalps genitive
- Skalpe plural
- Skalpen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Skalp?
- /skalp/
- [skalp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Skalp
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Skalp in German?
Skalp appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).