Haupt
English
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editHaupt
- A surname from German.
Alemannic German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German houpt, from Old High German houbit, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kaput-. Compare German Haupt, Dutch hoofd, German Low German Hööft, Häuft, Saterland Frisian Hööft, English head, Crimean Gothic hoef.
Noun
editHaupt n (diminutive Häuptli)
References
edit- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 29.
German
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German houbet, höubet, from Old High German houbit, 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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editNoun
editHaupt n (strong, genitive Hauptes or Haupts, plural Häupter)
- (dated, higher register, poetic) head (body part)
- Synonyms: Kopf, Birne, Dez, Schädel
- 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.
- 1820, Joseph von Görres, Das Heldenbuch von Iran aus dem Shah Nameh des Firdussi:
- […] trennt das Haupt des Türken vom Körper.
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- (dated) head; leader; chief
- Synonym: Oberhaupt
- An dem Treffen nahmen die Häupter von 23 Religionsgemeinschaften teil.
- The meeting was attended by the heads of 23 religious communities.
- (heraldry) chief
- Synonym: Schildhaupt
- (in compounds) see haupt-
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edit- → Plautdietsch: Haupt
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editHaupt n (plural Heipta)
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