Noun: Haupt
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Haupt |
| Plural | Häupter |
Definite
| Singular | das Haupt |
| Plural | die Häupter |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Hauptes; Haupts |
| Plural | Häupter |
Definite
| Singular | des Hauptes; Haupts |
| Plural | der Häupter |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Haupt; Haupte |
| Plural | Häuptern |
Definite
| Singular | dem Haupt; Haupte |
| Plural | den Häuptern |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Haupt |
| Plural | Häupter |
Definite
| Singular | das Haupt |
| Plural | die Häupter |
Sample Sentences
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Er hob das Haupt und sah voll Kummer auf die offene See hinaus. (He raised his head and sorrowfully looked out at the open sea.)
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[…] trennt das Haupt des Türken vom Körper. [1820, Joseph von Görres, Das Heldenbuch von Iran aus dem Shah Nameh des Firdussi:]
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An dem Treffen nahmen die Häupter von 23 Religionsgemeinschaften teil. (The meeting was attended by the heads of 23 religious communities.)
Nouns inflected like Haupt
Haupt,
Etymology
1. From Middle High German houbet, höubet, from Old High German houbit, from Proto-West Germanic *haubid, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput.
2. 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). See: Dutch Nouns '
hoofd', English Nouns '
head', Danish Nouns '
hoved', Gothic Nouns '
𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸'.
Verbs referencing "Haupt"
English Nouns
head, Latin Nouns
caput, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
hode, Danish Nouns
hoved, Gothic Nouns
𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸.
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