Hauptfrage
[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌfʁaːɡə]
The verdict
“Hauptfrage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wichtigste, drängendste Frage
Corpus desk
Index DE-hauptfrage · Hauptfrage · German
Hauptfrage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hauptfrage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌfʁaːɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptfrage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hauptfrage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌfʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wichtigste, drängendste Frage".
Hauptfrage has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hauptfrage, spelled H-A-U-P-T-F-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1wichtigste, drängendste Frage
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hauptfrage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit diesen fünf Überlegungen im Hinterkopf stellen sich drei Hauptfragen.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.