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 Translation for 'back of the head' from English to Dutch
achterhoofd {het}back of one's / the head
Partial Matches
delegatieleider {de}head of (the) delegation
anat.
handrug {de}
back of the hand
pol.
regerings­leider {de}
head of government
pol.
propagandachef {de}
head of propaganda
staatshoofd {het}head of state
gastr.
slakrop {de}
head of lettuce
anat.
handrug {de}
back of one's hand
ten zuiden van ...to the south of ...
lit.F
Het feest der onbeduidendheid [Milan Kundera]
The Festival of Insignificance
pol.
regerings­politiek {de}
policy of the government
medewerker {de} van de maandemployee of the month
lit.F
De glans en pracht van Portugal [António Lobo Antunes]
The Splendor of Portugal
astron.
zonsverduistering {de}
eclipse of the sun
astron.
zoneclips {de}
eclipse of the sun
genees.
nierontsteking {de}
inflammation of the kidney
genees.
blaaskanker {de}
cancer of the bladder
genees.
schedelbreuk {de}
fracture of the skull
wateroppervlak {het}surface of the water
genees.
hartklopping {de}
palpitation (of the heart)
werelddeel {het}part of the world
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Usage Examples English
  • Its short, rounded head is dark greyish-brown with two dark stripes originating from the corner of each eye, and the back of the head has a dark 'M'-shaped marking.
  • A short, squat gunman in a brown coat jumped out and shot Tresca in the back of the head with a handgun, killing him instantly.
  • as the play progressed and shot the President in the back of the head with a .41 caliber Deringer pistol.
  • Information from the neck and the back of the head is represented in the cervical cord, and that from the face and mouth in the spinal trigeminal nucleus.
  • It will attack humans and large predators, usually striking the top or back of the head.

  • He was forced to leave this first village after being struck in the back of the head by an oar by a local chieftain, causing the pages of his book to scatter upon the ground.
  • The back of the head and the neck have elongated feathers that have been described as gray or light purple-white.
  • After Gravano removed Simone's shoes, Milito shot Simone in the back of the head, killing him.
  • Any part of the body, from head to toe, is fair game as a target – except for the back of the head, which the headgear does not protect.
  • Partisans of the "Armia Krajowa" (Polish: Home Army) transported some of the surviving escaped prisoners across the Bug River, Of those who did not die during the uprising itself, 200 were later forced to strip and lie face down before being shot in the back of the head.

  • In an isolated area, Blackwelder killed the suspect with a single gunshot to the back of the head.
  • Since the establishment of the Long Branch Police Department, three officers died while on duty. On November 20, 1997, Patrick King was shot twice in the back of the head.
  • An affinity between the amphibians and the teleost fish is the multi-folded structure of the teeth and the paired supra-occipital bones at the back of the head, neither of these features being found elsewhere in the animal kingdom.
  • In the Soviet Union, from the very earliest days, the bullet to the back of the head, in front of a ready-dug burial trench was by far the most common practice.
  • An illegal punch to the back of the head or neck is known as a rabbit punch.

  • The athlete uses his left hand to push down on the side/back of the head of the opponent while with his right hand he pulls the opponent's right arm back, against his midsection.
  • In 1998, Catarino Gonzalez was sentenced to life in prison after a jury convicted Gonzalez of first-degree murder for fatally shooting Officer Filbert Cuesta in the back of the head, while the officer was sitting in a patrol car.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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