FromKopf(“head”) +Haut(“skin”).
Kopfhaut f (genitiveKopfhaut,pluralKopfhäute)
- scalp(skin on the head where the hair grows)
- Per surface analysis, the word could refer to the entire skin of the head, but such use is not common.
Declension ofKopfhaut [feminine]
- “Kopfhaut” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache