dummkopf
- noun
- /ˈdʌmˌkɔf/
- Offensive
- Read, dummkopf, where I have marked.
- dummkopf!" he said
Examples
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After forgetting our lunch plans, I felt like such a dummkopf!
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When he tripped over his own feet, I couldn't help but call him a dummkopf.
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Such a dummkopf I am!
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Who are you calling dummkopf?
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What do you think, dummkopf?
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Hey, watch where you're stepping, dummkopf.
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I had to satisfy the curiosity of those dummkopfs.
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"What are you doing, Dummkopf?" shouted Ugly-mouth.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Hey, Dummkopf!" said Ugly-mouth as they wheeled Dieter past.
Fiction book (1991) -
They had the same mean look as Ugly-mouth when he called Alfie Dummkopf.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
A very rude and insulting word for a person you strongly dislike
A person who is seen as stupid or makes simple mistakes
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices
A rude word for a very foolish person
A person who is not very smart and often makes bad choices
A rude word for a person who seems very stupid
A person who is not very smart
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
A person who is not very smart and often acts without thinking
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
A person who is not very smart
A person who is very stupid
An insulting name for a stupid, clumsy person
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
A person who is silly and not serious
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
A person people insult by saying they are stupid
A childish name used to call someone silly
A very rude name used to insult someone who does something very stupid
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
An insulting word for a person who does foolish things
A person who behaves in a silly or annoying way
A person who acts in a silly or stupid way
A person who is very stupid or foolish
A person who is silly and not very clever
A person who behaves in a foolish way
A rude name for a foolish, annoying person
A person who acts silly so others tease or laugh at them
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
An old word for a foolish or silly person
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A joking insult for someone who feels very foolish
A foolish or silly person used as an insult
A foolish person who does silly things
A word for a foolish person that people say as an insult
A person who acts silly or foolish
A person who is not very smart
A person who acts very foolishly and makes many mistakes
An insulting word used to call someone stupid
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dummkopf comes from German parts dumm ('stupid') and kopf ('head'), so it literally means 'stupid head', like the English insult 'blockhead'. That's why dummkopf is used to call someone foolish.