Polyglot Dictionary

Kopfhörer

/ˈkɔpfˌhøːʁɐ/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural (same form)
die Kopfhörer

Meaning

  1. headphones

    • Ich höre Musik mit Kopfhörern.

      I listen to music with headphones.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Kopf head
  • Hörer hearer, receiver — from hören, to hear

Similar words

Ohrhörer

Same -hörer ending, different body part: Ohrhörer (Ohr "ear") specifically means in-ear earbuds, while Kopfhörer usually means over-ear or on-ear headphones.

Similar in other languages

French

casque-audio

casque-audio is the French word for the same thing — both mean "headphones."

Portuguese

fone de ouvido

fone de ouvido is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "headphones."

Practice

1 What does Kopfhörer mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches Kopfhörer?

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