das Genick

1. 1

   nape of the neck

   • Du wirst dir das Genick brechen.

     You'll break your neck.

     Tatoeba · wolfgangth · CC BY 2.0 FR

   • Ich sollte dir das Genick brechen.

     I ought to break your neck.

     Tatoeba · Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR

2. 2

   the joint portion of the neck which joins the vertebrae — which has no regularly used English namerare

Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.