köpfen

I v/t

1. jemanden köpfen behead s.o., decapitate s.o., cut (oder chop) off s.o.’s head

2. (Ei) slice the top off; (Blume etc.) decapitate; (Bäume) top; (Flasche) crack open

3. Fußball: (Ball) head; (Tor) score with a header

II v/i Fußball: head the ball

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(enthaupten) to decapitate; to behead; to decollate

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kọ̈p|fen ['kœpfn]

1. vt

1) jdn to behead, to decapitate; (hum) Flasche Wein to crack (open)

ein Ei köpfen — to cut the top off an egg

2) (FTBL) to head

2. vi

1)

(als Todesstrafe) in Saudi-Arabien wird immer noch geköpft — they still behead or decapitate people in Saudi Arabia

das Köpfen — beheading, decapitation

2) (FTBL)

ins Tor köpfen — to head a goal, to head the ball in

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((in football) to hit the ball with the head: He headed the ball into the goal.) head

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köp·fen

[ˈkœpfn̩]

I. vt

1. (fam: enthaupten)

▪ jdn \köpfen to behead sb; s.a. Flasche

2. (die Triebe beschneiden)

▪ etw \köpfen to prune sth

II. vi to head the ball

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transitives Verb

1) decapitate; (hinrichten) behead; (fig.) break or crack open <bottle>; slice the top off <egg>

2) (Fußball) head

das 2:0 köpfen — head [in] the goal to make it 2-0

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köpfen

A. v/t

1.

jemanden köpfen behead sb, decapitate sb, cut (oder chop) off sb’s head

2. (Ei) slice the top off; (Blume etc) decapitate; (Bäume) top; (Flasche) crack open

3. Fußball: (Ball) head; (Tor) score with a header

B. v/i Fußball: head the ball

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transitives Verb

1) decapitate; (hinrichten) behead; (fig.) break or crack open <bottle>; slice the top off <egg>

2) (Fußball) head

das 2:0 köpfen — head [in] the goal to make it 2-0

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v.

to behead v.

to decapitate v.