Hauptfigur
German, noun/ˈhaʊ̯pt.fiˌɡuːɐ̯/
Hauptfigur is a German feminine noun meaning “protagonist (main character in a literary work or drama)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Protagonist einer Geschichte”.
What does Hauptfigur mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprotagonist (main character in a literary work or drama)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Protagonist einer Geschichte 2. zentrale Figur in einem Wappen
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 Hauptfigur
- Hauptfiguren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauptfigur?
- /ˈhaʊ̯pt.fiˌɡuːɐ̯/
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptfiˌɡuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hauptfigur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hauptfigur in German?
Hauptfigur appears 2.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).