Noun
das Kopfkino
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔp͡fˌkiːno/
imagination; inner cinema (in one's mind's eye)
C2
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plural Kopfkinos
Meanings
Noun
- imagination; inner cinema (in one's mind's eye)
Example sentence
Bei dieser Musik geht mein Kopfkino sofort los.
With this music my imagination starts up right away.
Word forms
singular
das Kopfkino
plural
die Kopfkinos
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedas Kopfkino
Accusativedas Kopfkino
Dativedem Kopfkino
Genitivedes Kopfkinos
Plural
Nominativedie Kopfkinos
Accusativedie Kopfkinos
Dativeden Kopfkinos
Genitiveder Kopfkinos
Usage
- das Kopfkino beginnt — images or imagined scenes start running through one's mind; informal
- Kopfkino / Kino — a mental sequence of images / a cinema; the compound is figurative
Schon beim Lesen der ersten Seite begann ihr Kopfkino.
Her mind began conjuring up scenes as soon as she read the first page.