Polyglot Dictionary

Hauptsitz

/ˈhaʊ̯ptˌzɪts/

der noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Hauptsitze

Meaning

  1. headquarters

    Built from Haupt (head) + Sitz (seat).

    • Der Hauptsitz der Firma ist in München.

      The company's headquarters is in Munich.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Haupt head
  • Sitz seat

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

jefatura

jefatura is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "headquarters."

Spanish

sede

sede is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "headquarters."

Practice

1 What does Hauptsitz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ der Firma ist in München.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hauptsitz?

nouncompound

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