| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | neuter |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hoved | hovedet | hoveder | hovederne |
| Genitive | hoveds | hovedets | hoveders | hovedernes |
| Afrikaans | kop |
|---|---|
| Albanian | kokë |
| Catalan | cap |
| Czech | hlava; hlavička; hlavice; záhlaví |
| Dutch | hoofd; knar |
| English | head |
| English (Old English) | heafod |
| Esperanto | kapo |
| Faeroese | høvd; høvur |
| Finnish | pää |
| French | tête |
| German | Kopf; Haupt |
| Greek | κεφάλι |
| Hungarian | fej |
| Italian | testa |
| Jamaican Patois | ed |
| Kabylian | aqeṛṛuy |
| Latin | caput |
| Low German | höyvd |
| Luxemburgish | Kapp |
| Malay | hulu; kepala |
| Norwegian | hue; hode |
| Papiamento | kabes |
| Polish | głowa |
| Portuguese | cabeça |
| Romanian | cap |
| Russian | голова |
| Saterland Frisian | Kop |
| Scots | heid |
| Scottish Gaelic | ceann |
| Spanish | cabeza |
| Sranan | ede |
| Swahili | kichwa |
| Swedish | huvud |
| Thai | หัว |
| Turkish | baş |
| Welsh | pen |
| West Frisian | holle; kop |
| Yiddish | קאָפּ; הויפּט |