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Haupt.

head (body part)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/haʊ̯pt/
  1. head (body part)

    dated · neuter · poetic · strong
    Er hob das Haupt und sah voll Kummer auf die offene See hinaus.
  2. head; leader; chief

    dated · neuter · strong
    An dem Treffen nahmen die Häupter von 23 Religionsgemeinschaften teil.
  3. chief

    neuter · strong
  4. see haupt-

    in-compounds · neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

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. 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).

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