Head

"Head" in German

Haupt

(of, relating to, or intended for the head)

Haupt

(foremost in rank or importance)

Kopf

(of, relating to, or intended for the head)

Abtritt

(toilet of a ship)

Blume

(foam on carbonated beverages)

Chef

(leader, chief, mastermind)

Chefin

(leader, chief, mastermind)

Chopf

(part of the body)

Dach

(topmost or leading part)

Direktor

(headmaster, headmistress)

Direktorin

(headmaster, headmistress)

Fallhöhe

(fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure)

Haupt

(part of the body)

Haupt

(leader, chief, mastermind)

Kopf

(part of the body)

Kopf

(topmost or leading part)

Kopf

(end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.)

Kopf

(blunt end of a nail, screw etc.)

Kopf

(leader, chief, mastermind)

Kopf

(linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound)

Krone

(foam on carbonated beverages)

Krone

(leafy top part of a tree)

Leiter

(headmaster, headmistress)

Leiterin

(headmaster, headmistress)

Magnetkopf

(computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data)

Näggel

(part of the body)

Oberende

(topmost or leading part)

Oberhaupt

(leader, chief, mastermind)

Potential

(fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure)

Rektor

(headmaster, headmistress)

Rektorin

(headmaster, headmistress)

Schaumkrone

(foam on carbonated beverages)

Schädel

(slang: oral sex)

Spitze

(topmost or leading part)

Top

(nautical: top edge of a sail)

an der Spitze stehen

(to be in command of)

an der Spitze stehen

(to come at the beginning of; to commence)

anführen

(to be in command of)

anführen

(to come at the beginning of; to commence)

auf den Kopf setzen

(to set on the head)

den Kopf entfernen

(fishing: to remove the head from a fish)

die Führung innehaben

(to be in command of)

die Leitung innehaben

(to be in command of)

die Spitze abschneiden

(to cut off the top of)

die Spitze bilden

(to come at the beginning of; to commence)

einen Kopf bilden

(to form a head)

entgegenkommen

(to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop)

entspringen

(to originate, as a river)

fahren (nach/in Richtung)

(to move in a specified direction)

führen

(to be in command of)

gehen (nach/in Richtung)

(to move in a specified direction)

in die Quere kommen

(to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop)

köpfen

(to strike with the head)

köpfen

(fishing: to remove the head from a fish)

köpfen

(to cut off the top of)

leiten

(to be in command of)

seinen Ursprung nehmen

(to originate, as a river)

sich an der Spitze befinden

(to come at the beginning of; to commence)

sich bewegen (nach/in Richtung)

(to move in a specified direction)

sich ganz vorne befinden

(to come at the beginning of; to commence)

vor gehen (einem/etwas)

(to go in front of)

vorangehen

(to come at the beginning of; to commence)

vorausgehen

(to go in front of)

ziehen (nach/in Richtung)

(to move in a specified direction)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.