Polyglot Dictionary

dickköpfig

/ˈdɪkkœpfɪç/

adjective B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. stubborn

    Built from dick (thick) + Kopf (head) + -ig (-y).

    • Du bist so dickköpfig!

      You're so stubborn!

Made of

  • dick thick
  • Kopf head
  • -ig -y

Similar words

stur

Near-total synonyms for "stubborn"; dickköpfig is more colloquial and descriptive ("thick-headed"), stur is the more common general word.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

teimoso

teimoso is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "stubborn."

Practice

1 What does dickköpfig mean?

2 Fill the gap: Du bist so ___!

3 Which fingerprint chart matches dickköpfig?

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