Polyglot Dictionary

Hauptsatz

/ˈhaʊ̯ptˌzats/

der 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

Forms

plural
die Hauptsätze

Meaning

  1. main clause

    Built from Haupt (head) + Satz (sentence).

    • Der Hauptsatz hat das Verb an zweiter Stelle.

      The main clause has the verb in second position.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Haupt head
  • Satz sentence

Practice

1 What does Hauptsatz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ hat das Verb an zweiter Stelle.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hauptsatz?

nouncompound

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