Hauptgericht

[ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌʁɪçt]

/[ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌʁɪçt]/ noun

The verdict

“Hauptgericht” is uncommon German (frequency #66,297 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,297
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reichhaltigster, meist mittlerer Teil einer Mahlzeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-hauptgericht · Hauptgericht · German

Hauptgericht · rank #66,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,297
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hauptamtlicher

Nearest frequency peer: hauptamtlicher (-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 „Hauptgericht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hauptgericht
PropertyValue
HeadwordHauptgericht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌʁɪçt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,297
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hauptgericht“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Hauptgerichtfällt 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: „hauptamtlicher“ (#66,296), „Hausbesetzer“ (#66,298), „hauchdünn“ (#66,294). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Hauptgericht“ bei #66,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hauptgericht is uncommon German at frequency #66,297 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌʁɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "reichhaltigster, meist mittlerer Teil einer Mahlzeit".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hauptgericht, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Hauptgericht, spelled H-A-U-P-T-G-E-R-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    reichhaltigster, meist mittlerer Teil einer Mahlzeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Doch der eigentliche Glanzpunkt der Offerten sind für mich eindeutig die Hauptgerichte.“
  2. „Es gab Brennsuppe, als Hauptgericht Kartoffeln mit Soße und zum Nachtisch einen Apfel.“

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Hauptgericht"?
"Hauptgericht" is spelled H-A-U-P-T-G-E-R-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌʁɪçt].
What does "Hauptgericht" mean?
As a noun, "Hauptgericht" means: reichhaltigster, meist mittlerer Teil einer Mahlzeit
How do you pronounce "Hauptgericht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hauptgericht" is [ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌʁɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hauptgericht" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list