Masculine
Häuptling
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) chief (leader or co-leader of a tribe)
- (historical, masculine, strong) high member of the Frisian nobility
- (humorous, masculine, strong) leader of some other kind
- (masculine, obsolete, strong) patriarch (leader of a family)
Concepts
Synonyms
chef
capo
jefe
chefe
cap
hoofd
قائدFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɔʏ̯p(t).lɪŋ/
Etymology
From Old Frisian hāvdling (“high member of the nobility”), probably via Middle Low German [Term?]. By surface analysis, Haupt + -ling. The umlaut is probably due to the northern origin of the word and derives from the earlier Central German variant Häupt, though it might also be due to analogy with other words in -ling. The word was first adopted in the sense of "patriarch, family leader", but was transferred and soon restricted to the ethnological sense of "chief" in the 19th century (as a loose equivalent of the English word).
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