Hauptbestandteil
German, noun[ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʃtanttaɪ̯l]
Hauptbestandteil is spelled H-A-U-P-T-B-E-S-T-A-N-D-T-E-I-L (16 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauptbestandteil is a German masculine noun meaning “basis (main ingredient or component)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wichtigster Teil von etwas”.
What does Hauptbestandteil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebasis (main ingredient or component)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wichtigster Teil von etwas
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 Hauptbestandteil
- Hauptbestandteiles genitive
- Hauptbestandteils genitive
- Hauptbestandteile plural
- Hauptbestandteilen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauptbestandteil?
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptbəˌʃtanttaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hauptbestandteil in German?
Hauptbestandteil 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).