hauptamtlich
German, adjective/ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔamtlɪç/
hauptamtlich is spelled H-A-U-P-T-A-M-T-L-I-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauptamtlich is a German adjective meaning “full-time (as one's main occupation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine berufliche Tätigkeit (Hauptamt) ausübend”.
What does hauptamtlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
full-time (as one's main occupation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine berufliche Tätigkeit (Hauptamt) ausübend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hauptamtlich
- hauptamtlicher masculine nominative singular
- hauptamtliche feminine nominative singular
- hauptamtliches neuter nominative singular
- hauptamtlichen genitive masculine singular
- hauptamtlichem dative masculine singular
- der hauptamtliche definite includes-article masculine
- die hauptamtliche definite feminine includes-article
- das hauptamtliche definite includes-article neuter
- die hauptamtlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des hauptamtlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der hauptamtlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem hauptamtlichen dative definite includes-article
- den hauptamtlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hauptamtlich?
- /ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔamtlɪç/
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔamtlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hauptamtlich in German?
hauptamtlich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).