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Word: dummkopf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this sort of defense, any Hitler youth, any old garrison service corpsman, any dummkopf may be able to stand in a concrete pillbox and press a trigger, till he is killed. But to make the West Wall effective, 30 to 45 divisions are needed, and a good proportion of them must be first-rate troops for counterattacking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: West: A Smart War | 9/18/1944 | See Source »

...sense of humor. He loved good food and the best wines, and our luncheons rarely took less than three hours. . . ." Thyssen told some juicy tales of the private lives of Nazi bigshots, but when he remembered how they had hoodwinked him, he would pound his head and mutter, "Ein Dummkopf war ich!" ("What a dumbhead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Man Who Was Wrong | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

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