skinhead

See also: Skinhead

English

A Swedish skinhead (sense 2)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH-

Proto-Germanic *skinþąder.

Middle English skyn

English skin

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Germanic *haubudą

Old English hēafod

Middle English heed

English head

English skinhead

From skin +‎ head.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɪn.hɛd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪnhɛd
• Hyphenation: skin‧head

Noun

skinhead (plural skinheads)

2. Someone with a shaved head.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bald person

4. A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.

   Synonym: skin

   Hyponyms: boot boy, bovver boy, fresh cut, skinbyrd, skingirl

   • 1970 March 29, Nik Cohn, “England's New Teen Style Is Violence”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Their rules haven't changed: Skinheads are very young, mostly between the ages of 13 and 18, and they come from strictly working class backgrounds. They wear short‐ankled denims, T‐shirts, suspenders and heavy boots known as Bovverboots (Botherboots), and their hair is shorn to an eighth of an inch all over their skulls. They dance the Reggae, a West Indian shuffle, and they drink Coca Cola and they whip up riots at soccer games.

   • 2017, Christian Picciolini, White American Youth:

     By the end of the show, fights would break out all over the place: the Atlantic City skins against the crew from Philly; the oldschool skinheads feuding with overzealous fresh-cuts.

Derived terms

• skinheaded
• skinheadism
• skunk

Translations

person with little or no head hair — see bald person

member of subculture

• Arabic: سْكِينْهِيد m (skinhid)
• Armenian: սկինհեդ (skinhed), սափրագլուխ (hy) (sapʻraglux)
• Azerbaijani: skinhed
• Bashkir: таҡырбаш m (taqırbaş)
• Belarusian: скінхэ́д m (skinxéd), скін m (skin)
• Bulgarian: скинхе́д m (skinhéd)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光頭黨 / 光头党 (guāngtóu-dǎng), 光頭 / 光头 (zh) (guāngtóu)

• Estonian: skinheed
• Finnish: skini (fi), skinhead (fi)
• French: skinhead (fr) m
• Galician: skinhead
• Georgian: სკინჰედი (sḳinhedi)
• German: Skinhead (de) m
• Hebrew: סקינהד
• Hindi: स्किन्हेड (skinheḍ)
• Hungarian: szkinhed (hu), bőrfejű (hu)
• Italian: skinhead (it) m or f
• Japanese: スキンヘッド (ja) (sukinheddo), スキン (ja) (sukin)
• Korean: 스킨헤드 (seukinhedeu)
• Polish: skinhead (pl) m, skin (pl) m, skinio (pl) m, łysol (pl) m, łysy (pl) m
• Portuguese: skinhead (pt) m or f
• Russian: скинхе́д (ru) m or f (skinxéd), скин (ru) m or f (skin), бритоголо́вый (ru) m (britogolóvyj)
• Slovak: skinhed m, skín m
• Slovene: obritoglavec m
• Swedish: skinhead (sv) c, skinnskalle (sv) c
• Tajik: скинхед (skinxed)
• Thai: สกินเฮด (sà-gin-hâyt)
• Ukrainian: скінхе́д m or f (skinxéd), скін m or f (skin)
• Vietnamese: gã đầu trọc

Anagrams

• sakin-deh, nakedish

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skinhead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɪn.ɦɛd/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: skin‧head

Noun

skinhead m (plural skinheads, no diminutive)

1. skinhead (member of a punk subculture characterised by a shaved head)

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skinhead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskinhed/, [ˈs̠k̟inhe̞d]
• Rhymes: -inhed

Noun

skinhead

1. skinhead (member of a punk subculture characterised by a shaved head)

Declension

Inflection of skinhead (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		skinhead	skinheadit
genitive		skinheadin	skinheadien
partitive		skinheadiä	skinheadejä
illative		skinheadiin	skinheadeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		skinhead	skinheadit
accusative	nom.	skinhead	skinheadit
	gen.	skinheadin
genitive		skinheadin	skinheadien
partitive		skinheadiä	skinheadejä
inessive		skinheadissä	skinheadeissä
elative		skinheadistä	skinheadeistä
illative		skinheadiin	skinheadeihin
adessive		skinheadillä	skinheadeillä
ablative		skinheadiltä	skinheadeiltä
allative		skinheadille	skinheadeille
essive		skinheadinä	skinheadeinä
translative		skinheadiksi	skinheadeiksi
abessive		skinheadittä	skinheadeittä
instructive		—	skinheadein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of skinhead (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative skinheadini skinheadini accusative nom. skinheadini skinheadini gen. skinheadini genitive skinheadini skinheadieni partitive skinheadiäni skinheadejäni inessive skinheadissäni skinheadeissäni elative skinheadistäni skinheadeistäni illative skinheadiini skinheadeihini adessive skinheadilläni skinheadeilläni ablative skinheadiltäni skinheadeiltäni allative skinheadilleni skinheadeilleni essive skinheadinäni skinheadeinäni translative skinheadikseni skinheadeikseni abessive skinheadittäni skinheadeittäni instructive — — comitative — skinheadeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative skinheadisi skinheadisi accusative nom. skinheadisi skinheadisi gen. skinheadisi genitive skinheadisi skinheadiesi partitive skinheadiäsi skinheadejäsi inessive skinheadissäsi skinheadeissäsi elative skinheadistäsi skinheadeistäsi illative skinheadiisi skinheadeihisi adessive skinheadilläsi skinheadeilläsi ablative skinheadiltäsi skinheadeiltäsi allative skinheadillesi skinheadeillesi essive skinheadinäsi skinheadeinäsi translative skinheadiksesi skinheadeiksesi abessive skinheadittäsi skinheadeittäsi instructive — — comitative — skinheadeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative skinheadimme skinheadimme accusative nom. skinheadimme skinheadimme gen. skinheadimme genitive skinheadimme skinheadiemme partitive skinheadiämme skinheadejämme inessive skinheadissämme skinheadeissämme elative skinheadistämme skinheadeistämme illative skinheadiimme skinheadeihimme adessive skinheadillämme skinheadeillämme ablative skinheadiltämme skinheadeiltämme allative skinheadillemme skinheadeillemme essive skinheadinämme skinheadeinämme translative skinheadiksemme skinheadeiksemme abessive skinheadittämme skinheadeittämme instructive — — comitative — skinheadeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative skinheadinne skinheadinne accusative nom. skinheadinne skinheadinne gen. skinheadinne genitive skinheadinne skinheadienne partitive skinheadiänne skinheadejänne inessive skinheadissänne skinheadeissänne elative skinheadistänne skinheadeistänne illative skinheadiinne skinheadeihinne adessive skinheadillänne skinheadeillänne ablative skinheadiltänne skinheadeiltänne allative skinheadillenne skinheadeillenne essive skinheadinänne skinheadeinänne translative skinheadiksenne skinheadeiksenne abessive skinheadittänne skinheadeittänne instructive — — comitative — skinheadeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative skinheadinsä skinheadinsä accusative nom. skinheadinsä skinheadinsä gen. skinheadinsä genitive skinheadinsä skinheadiensä partitive skinheadiään skinheadiänsä skinheadejään skinheadejänsä inessive skinheadissään skinheadissänsä skinheadeissään skinheadeissänsä elative skinheadistään skinheadistänsä skinheadeistään skinheadeistänsä illative skinheadiinsä skinheadeihinsä adessive skinheadillään skinheadillänsä skinheadeillään skinheadeillänsä ablative skinheadiltään skinheadiltänsä skinheadeiltään skinheadeiltänsä allative skinheadilleen skinheadillensä skinheadeilleen skinheadeillensä essive skinheadinään skinheadinänsä skinheadeinään skinheadeinänsä translative skinheadikseen skinheadiksensä skinheadeikseen skinheadeiksensä abessive skinheadittään skinheadittänsä skinheadeittään skinheadeittänsä instructive — — comitative — skinheadeineen skinheadeinensä

Synonyms

• skini

Further reading

• “skinhead”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• kahdensi

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH-

Proto-Germanic *skinþąder.

Middle English skyn

English skin

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Germanic *haubudą

Old English hēafod

Middle English heed

English head

English skinheadubor.

Portuguese skinhead

Unadapted borrowing from English skinhead.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˌkĩˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/ [isˌkĩˈhɛ.d͡ʒi], /ˌskĩˈʁɛd͡ʒ/ [ˌskĩˈhɛd͡ʒ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˌkĩˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/ [isˌkĩˈhɛ.d͡ʒi], /ˌskĩˈʁɛd͡ʒ/ [ˌskĩˈhɛd͡ʒ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˌkĩˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/ [iʃˌkĩˈχɛ.d͡ʒi], /ˌskĩˈʁɛd͡ʒ/ [ˌskĩˈχɛd͡ʒ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌskĩˈʁɛd͡ʒ/ [ˌskĩˈhɛd͡ʒ], /isˌkĩˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/ [isˌkĩˈhɛ.d͡ʒi]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /skiˈnɛd/ [skiˈnɛð]

Noun

skinhead m or f by sense (plural skinheads)

1. skinhead (member of a punk subculture characterised by a shaved head)

Further reading

• “skinhead”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “skinhead”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skinhead.

Noun

skinhead n (plural skinhead)

1. skinhead (member of a punk subculture characterised by a shaved head)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	skinhead	skinheadul	skinhead	skinheadle
genitive-dative	skinhead	skinheadului	skinhead	skinheadlor
vocative	skinheadule		skinheadlor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH-

Proto-Germanic *skinþąder.

Middle English skyn

English skin

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Germanic *haubudą

Old English hēafod

Middle English heed

English head

English skinheadubor.

Spanish skinhead

Unadapted borrowing from English skinhead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskiˈned/ [es.kiˈneð̞]
• Rhymes: -ed

Noun

skinhead m or f by sense (plural skinheads or skinhead)

1. skinhead (member of a punk subculture characterised by a shaved head)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skinhead.

Noun

skinhead c

1. synonym of skinnskalle

Declension

Declension of skinhead

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skinhead	skinheads
	definite	skinheaden	skinheadens
plural	indefinite	skinheads	skinheadss
	definite	skinheadsen	skinheadsens

References

• “skinhead”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skinhead”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)