German surname, borrowed fromGerman Kopf Koepf
Kopf (plural Kopfes
Asurname from German .According to the 2010 United States Census,Kopf is the 12775th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2415 individuals.Kopf is most common among White (94.58%) individuals. Kopp ( colloquial; northern and central Germany ) FromMiddle High German kopf ( “ drinking vessel ” ) , fromOld High German kopf chopf kupf ( “ mug, bowl, head ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *kopp Proto-Germanic *kuppaz ( “ round object, bowl, crown of the head ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *gew- ( “ to turn, bend, arch, curve ” ) .
Cognate withGerman Low German Kopp ( “ head ” ) ,Dutch kop ( “ head ” ) ,Saterland Frisian Kop ( “ head ” ) ,English cop ( “ the crown (of the head); the head ” ) .
Alternatively, from or influenced byLate Latin cuppa Latin cūpa ( “ tub ” ) fromProto-Indo-European *kewp- ( “ a hollow ” ) , related toEnglish cup
IPA (key ) : /kɔpf/ ,[kɔp͡f] ,[kɔp͡ɸ] Kopf m strong genitive Kopfes or Kopfs plural Köpfe
( anatomy ) head Er fiel die Treppe hinunter, als sie ihm ein Buch an denKopf warf. He fell down the stairs when she threw a book at hishead . crown ,top heading ,title person ;individual ;fellow (referring to one's intellect or mentality)Er ist ein hellerKopf . He's a bright fellow. (literally, “He is a bright head. ”) ( linguistics ) head ( numismatics ) heads ( side of a coin ) Declension ofKopf [masculine, strong ]
