Polyglot Dictionary

Hauptsache

/ˈhaʊ̯ptˌzaxə/

die noun B1

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

Meaning

  1. main thing

    Built from Haupt- (main) + Sache (thing).

    • Hauptsache, du bist gesund.

      The main thing is that you're healthy.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Sache thing

Practice

1 What does Hauptsache mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___, du bist gesund.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hauptsache?

See also

nouncompound

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