Wirrkopf

German

Etymology

From wirr +‎ Kopf.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɪʁˌkɔp͡f/
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Hyphenation: Wirr‧kopf

Noun

Wirrkopf m (strong, genitive Wirrkopfes or Wirrkopfs, plural Wirrköpfe, feminine (rare) Wirrköpfin)

(colloquial, derogatory) airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead
Synonyms: Dummbatz, Dummkopf, Holzkopf

Declension

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Further reading

“Wirrkopf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Wirrkopf” in Duden online
“Wirrkopf”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
“Wirrkopf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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