Polyglot Dictionary

Hauptmann

/ˈhaʊ̯ptman/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Hauptleute

Meaning

  1. captain

    Built from Haupt (head) + Mann (man).

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Haupt head
  • Mann man

Similar words

Kapitän

Hauptmann is specifically a military rank, an army captain; Kapitän is used for a ship's captain or a sports team captain, not the military.

Similar in other languages

French

capitaine

capitaine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "captain."

Portuguese

capitão

capitão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "captain."

Practice

1 What does Hauptmann mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ führte die Kompanie.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hauptmann?

nouncompound

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