Hauptamt

[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔamt]

/[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔamt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hauptamt” is uncommon German (frequency #74,685 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,685
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beruflich ausgeübte Tätigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-hauptamt · Hauptamt · German

Hauptamt · rank #74,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,685
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Harfen

Nearest frequency peer: Harfen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Hauptamt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Hauptamt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hauptamt
PropertyValue
HeadwordHauptamt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔamt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,685
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptamt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Hauptamtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Harfen“ (#74,684), „Hauptkanal“ (#74,686), „Harakiri“ (#74,683). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hauptamt“ bei #74,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hauptamt is uncommon German at frequency #74,685 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔamt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hauptamt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hauptamt, spelled H-A-U-P-T-A-M-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    beruflich ausgeübte Tätigkeit
  2. 2
    Abteilung in einer Kommunalverwaltung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Hauptamt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich habe mit diesem Hauptamt Schluss gemacht.
  2. Das Hauptamt hat geschlossen.

Antonyms

EhrenamtNebenamt

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hauptamt"?
"Hauptamt" is spelled H-A-U-P-T-A-M-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔamt].
What does "Hauptamt" mean?
As a noun, "Hauptamt" means: beruflich ausgeübte Tätigkeit
How do you pronounce "Hauptamt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hauptamt" is [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔamt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hauptamt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hauptamt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Harakiri#74,683Gutsherr#74,669Grashalm#74,656goodwill#74,650

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list