Haupt

Meaning

1. (dated, neuter, poetic, strong) head (body part)
2. (dated, neuter, strong) head; leader; chief
3. (neuter, strong) chief
4. (in-compounds, neuter, strong) see haupt-

Concepts

head

chief

boss

leader

pilot

🧑‍✈️

chef

root

top

🔝

caput

kingpin

lead

capital

main

mind

cape

primary

promontory

head of

chief

unemployed person

head of a school

Prime Minister

head family of a school

upper part of a flag

top seat

first desk

cranium

executive

Synonyms

Chef

Oberhaupt

Häuptling

Befehlshaber

Herr

👨

Vorsteher

Kopf

Führer

Birne

🍐

hauptsächlich

Schädel

💀

Vorgesetzter

Anführer

Leiter

🪜

Boss

Rübe

Denkzentrum

Caput

Wesentliche

wichtigst

wichtigste

Älteste

Häupter

Gründerfamilie

Stifterfamilie

oberster Sitz

größere

Denkapparat

Alter

pimär

Ballon

🎈

Chefkoch

erst

Gipfel

größer

größt

größte

Häupte

Hauptstadt

Köpfchen

Köpfe

Major

Meister

Ober

Obrigkeit

Spitze

Verstand

Translations

tête

hoofd

cabeza

cabeça

testa

chef

baş

capo

cap

caput

kop

chef

jefe

baas

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haʊ̯pt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: houbet

Inherited from Old High German: houbit

Cognate with Dutch: hoofd

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Hööft

Cognate with English: head

Cognate with Danish: hoved

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸

In summary

From Middle High German houbet, höubet, from Old High German houbit, from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput.
The standardized form without umlaut is from Upper German, in which -ou- did not undergo umlaut before labials. The Central German form with umlaut is preserved in Häuptling and zu Häupten. Cognate with Dutch hoofd, German Low German Hööft, Häuft, Saterland Frisian Hööft, English head, Danish hoved, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ).