dummkopf

[ doom-kawf, -kawpf, duhm- ]

noun

1. a stupid person; dumbbell; blockhead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dummkopf¹

1800–10, Americanism; < German, equivalent to dumm dumb + Kopf head

Example Sentences

I was probably being a Dummkopf.

From Literature

So I wonder what she could be doing with a Dummkopf like Henek.

From Literature

I don’t care if you’re a Dummkopf or a yutz.

From Literature

“Don’t be such a Dummkopf,” Henek says, and follows Danuta to the attic.

From Literature

Ever defiant of gender strictures, Afiya plots: “She had heard them talking about how good his German was so she thought she would ask him for a German poem. Not even a dummkopf could misunderstand that she was asking him to translate a love poem for her, which was as good as asking him to write her a love letter.”

From Seattle Times