Hauptmann
Meaning
captain (male [also female] or of unspecified sex; cf. Herr / Frau Hauptmann)
Concepts
captain
leader
Captain
general
authority
bellwether
boss
caudillo
chairperson
chief
conductor
fuhrer
gaffer
head
honcho
mastermind
ringleader
ruler
tribune
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Haupt‧mann
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhaʊp(t)ˌman/
Etymology
From Middle High German houbetman (“leader; captain, head of a group”), from Old High German houbitman, from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann. Cognate with Low German Hööftmann, Dutch hoofdman, and Old English hēafodmann. Equivalent to haupt- (“chief, head”) + Mann (“man”). Doublet of Hetman.
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