Kehlkopf

German

Etymology

Kehle (“throat”) +‎ Kopf (“head”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkeːlkɔpf/
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Noun

Kehlkopf m (strong, genitive Kehlkopfes or Kehlkopfs, plural Kehlköpfe)

(anatomy) larynx
Synonym: (medicine, not generally understood) Larynx
(informal, totum pro parte) Adam's apple
Synonym: Adamsapfel

Declension

Declension of Kehlkopf [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kehlkopf	die	Kehlköpfe
genitive	eines	des	Kehlkopfes, Kehlkopfs	der	Kehlköpfe
dative	einem	dem	Kehlkopf, Kehlkopfe¹	den	Kehlköpfen
accusative	einen	den	Kehlkopf	die	Kehlköpfe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

“Kehlkopf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Kehlkopf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Kehlkopf” in Duden online
Kehlkopf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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