Polyglot Dictionary

Hauptstadt

/ˈhaʊptˌʃtat/

die noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Hauptstädte

Meaning

  1. capital city

    Built from Haupt (head) + Stadt (city).

    • Berlin ist die Hauptstadt von Deutschland.

      Berlin is the capital of Germany.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Haupt head
  • Stadt city

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

capital

capital is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "capital city."

Practice

1 What does Hauptstadt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Berlin ist die ___ von Deutschland.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Hauptstadt?

nouncompound

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