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German
Etymology
bar + Haupt
Pronunciation
Adjective
barhaupt (indeclinable, predicative only)
- (higher register) bareheaded
- Coordinate term: barfuß
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer:Sie waren barhaupt und braun, die Damen in farbigen Sweaters, die Herren meist ohne Überzieher und selbst ohne Stöcke, wie Leute, die ohne Umstände und die Hände in den Taschen ein paar Schritte vors Haus machen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “barhaupt” in Duden online
- “barhaupt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache