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10 Language-to-English DictionariesKopfigkeit
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈkɔpfɪçkaɪt
"Die Kopfigkeit bestimmt die grammatikalische Kategorie des Satzes."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The property, quality, or status of being the head of a grammatical phrase or syntactic construction.
"In syntax, the headness of a phrase determines its core grammatical category and distributional properties." - 2
Leadership quality or the state of holding a leading position in a hierarchy.
"The organization evaluated the headness of each regional director to restructure corporate governance."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English noun 'hēafod' meaning head, combined with the Germanic suffix '-nes' (forming abstract nouns of state or quality). Originally appearing in specialized linguistic and structural contexts, it evolved to denote the property or status of being the head of a phrase or hierarchical system.
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centralité
Transliteration: sã.tʁa.li.te
"La centralité du noyau dans la phrase définit sa structure."
Kopfigkeit
Transliteration: ˈkɔpfɪçkaɪt
"Die Kopfigkeit bestimmt die grammatikalische Kategorie des Satzes."
centralità
Transliteration: tʃen.tra.liˈta
"La centralità della testa sintattica è fondamentale in linguistica."
centralidad
Transliteration: sen.tɾa.liˈðað
"La centralidad del núcleo define la estructura sintáctica."
centralidade
Transliteration: sẽ.tɾa.liˈda.dʒi
"A centralidade do núcleo determina a classe da palavra."
प्रधानता
Transliteration: pradhāntā
"वाक्य रचना में शीर्ष की प्रधानता बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है।"
中心语性
Transliteration: zhōng xīn yǔ xìng
"句法结构中的中心语性决定了短语的属性。"
핵심성
Transliteration: haek-sim-seong
"구의 핵심성은 문법적 범주를 결정합니다."
主辞性
Transliteration: shujisei
"統語構造における主辞性は文法カテゴリーを決定する。"
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