Skip to content

Hinterkopf

back of the head, occiput

noun HIN-ter-kopf Rare
Body & Health Body Parts

Usage Note

Hinterkopf is the posterior part of the skull. It also appears idiomatically: im Hinterkopf behalten means 'to keep in the back of one's mind', making it useful well beyond purely anatomical contexts.

Examples

"Er schlug sich den Hinterkopf beim Aufstehen an der Schranktür."

Natural Translation

He hit the back of his head on the cupboard door when getting up.

Literal Translation

He knocked himself the back-of-head when getting-up on the cupboard-door.

Explore German by topic