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head noun

  /hɛd/ , /hɛːd/ , /ˈhɛd/
  • (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
  • Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
  • The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
  • The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
 Kopf, Haupt
  • (automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
  • (machining) A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
 Kopf, Haupt, Chef, Chefin, Oberhaupt
  • A headdress; a covering for the head.
 Kopf, Haupt, Leiter, Leiterin, Chef, Chefin
  • The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
 Kopf, Abtritt
  • (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
 Kopf, Spitze, Dach, Oberende
  • (uncountable, countable) The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
 Blume, Krone, Schaumkrone
  • (nautical) The toilet of a ship.
 Abtritt
  • (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
 Abtritt, Kopf, Top
  • The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
 Fallhöhe, Potential
  • The leafy top part of a tree.
 Krone
  • (computing) The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
 Magnetkopf
  • (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
 Schädel
  • The top edge of a sail.
 Top
  • (figurative, metonymy) An individual person.
  • (figurative, metonymy) Mind; one's own thoughts.
 Kopf

head adjective

  /hɛd/ , /hɛːd/ , /ˈhɛd/
  • Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
 Kopf, Haupt

head verb

  /hɛd/ , /hɛːd/ , /ˈhɛd/
  • (transitive) To strike with the head
 köpfen
  • (transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.
 köpfen, auf den Kopf setzen, einen Kopf bilden
  • (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)
 an der Spitze stehen, anführen, die Führung innehaben, die Leitung innehaben, führen, leiten
  • (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
 an der Spitze stehen, anführen, die Spitze bilden, sich an der Spitze befinden, sich ganz vorne befinden, vorangehen
  • To set on the head.
 auf den Kopf setzen
  • (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
 auf etwas zusteuern, fahren (nach/in Richtung), gehen (nach/in Richtung), sich bewegen (nach/in Richtung), ziehen (nach/in Richtung)
  • (fishing, transitive) To remove the head from (a fish).
 den Kopf entfernen, köpfen
  • (transitive) To cut off the top of; to lop off.
 die Spitze abschneiden, köpfen
  • To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
 entgegenkommen, in die Quere kommen, vor (einem/etwas) gehen, vorausgehen
  • (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
 entspringen, seinen Ursprung nehmen

head adjective

  /hɛd/ , /hɛːd/ , /ˈhɛd/
  • Foremost in rank or importance.
 Haupt

heads noun

  /hɛdz/
  • One side of a coin:
 Kopf

heading noun

  /ˈhɛdɪŋ/
  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
 Überschrift
  • (nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
 Kurs

-headed

-köpfig

headed adjective

  /ˈhɛdɪd/
  • (in combination) Having a head or brain with specified characteristics.
 -köpfig
level-headed
ausgeglichen, besonnen, kühlen Kopf bewahrend, umsichtig, unaufgeregt, vernünftig
black-headed gull
Lachmöwe
big-headed
eingebildet, großkopfig
three-headed
dreiköpfig
bar-headed goose
Streifengans
grey-headed woodpecker
Grauspecht
two-headed
zweiköpfig
light-headed
benommen
bald-headed
kahlköpfig, glatzköpfig
pig-headed
eigensinnig
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