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Schrumpfkopf

English translation: shrunken head

07:22 May 26, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Schrumpfkopf
Er hatte einen Schrumpfkopf im Karls Schrank gefunden.

(Karl ist ein KZ-Kommendant in Buchenwald
Vitali Stanisheuski
Belarus
Local time: 12:16
English translation:shrunken head
Explanation:
This is called "shrunken head"
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IanW (X)
Local time: 11:16
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4 +7shrunken head
IanW (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
shrunken head


Explanation:
This is called "shrunken head"

IanW (X)
Local time: 11:16
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bob Kerns (X): As can be found in any good dictionary :-)
1 min
agree  Ingrid Blank
9 mins
agree  margarete: yes, unfortunately it is
37 mins
agree  David Moore (X)
55 mins
agree  Nicole Tata: What dictionaries are you using, Bob? Mine only contain words ;-)
1 hr
agree  Dr. Fred Thomson: Clever, Nicole!
5 hrs
agree  Wolf Brosius (X): Buchenwald or Regenwald ?I thought only Amazon Indians make them.
9 hrs
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