Hauptausschuss

[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔaʊ̯sʃʊs]

/[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔaʊ̯sʃʊs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Hauptausschuss” is uncommon German (frequency #51,392 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,392
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dauerhaft tagendes Gremium eines Parlaments/einer Partei/einer Organisation, das mit weitreichenden Befugnissen ausgestattet sein kann

Corpus desk

Index DE-hauptausschuss · Hauptausschuss · German

Hauptausschuss · rank #51,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,392
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hauptgewinn

Nearest frequency peer: Hauptgewinn (+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 „Hauptausschuss“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hauptausschuss
PropertyValue
HeadwordHauptausschuss
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔaʊ̯sʃʊs]
Letters14
Frequency rank#51,392
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptausschuss“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Hauptausschussfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Hauptgewinn“ (#51,393), „harmonischer“ (#51,390), „Hauptort“ (#51,394). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hauptausschuss“ bei #51,392. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hauptausschuss is uncommon German at frequency #51,392 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔaʊ̯sʃʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dauerhaft tagendes Gremium eines Parlaments/einer Partei/einer Organisation, das mit weitreichenden Befugnissen ausgestattet sein kann".

No misspelling variants are generated for Hauptausschuss in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hauptausschuss, spelled H-A-U-P-T-A-U-S-S-C-H-U-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    dauerhaft tagendes Gremium eines Parlaments/einer Partei/einer Organisation, das mit weitreichenden Befugnissen ausgestattet sein kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. [30. März 1916:] „Der Hauptausschuss des Reichstages billigt einen von mehreren Fraktionen eingebrachten Antrag zur U-Boot-Frage.“
  2. [25. September 1916:] „Unter Vorsitz des Berliner Oberbürgermeisters Adolf Wermuth tagt in Berlin der Hauptausschuss des Deutschen Städtetages.“

Antonyms

NebenausschussUnterausschuss

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 "Hauptausschuss"?
"Hauptausschuss" is spelled H-A-U-P-T-A-U-S-S-C-H-U-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔaʊ̯sʃʊs].
What does "Hauptausschuss" mean?
As a noun, "Hauptausschuss" means: dauerhaft tagendes Gremium eines Parlaments/einer Partei/einer Organisation, das mit weitreichenden Befugnissen ausgestattet sein kann
How do you pronounce "Hauptausschuss"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hauptausschuss" is [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌʔaʊ̯sʃʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hauptausschuss" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list