Hauptgesellschafter
German, noun/ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌzɛlʃaftɐ/
Hauptgesellschafter is spelled H-A-U-P-T-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T-E-R (19 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauptgesellschafter is a German masculine noun meaning “principal shareholder, main partner (the partner who holds the largest stake in a company, regardless of whether it is an absolute majority)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mitglied einer Gesellschaft, das die größten Anteile hält”.
What does Hauptgesellschafter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprincipal shareholder, main partner (the partner who holds the largest stake in a company, regardless of whether it is an absolute majority)
Als Hauptgesellschafter trägt er die größte unternehmerische Verantwortung.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mitglied einer Gesellschaft, das die größten Anteile hält
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 Hauptgesellschafter
- Hauptgesellschafters genitive
- Hauptgesellschaftern dative definite plural
- Hauptgesellschafterin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauptgesellschafter?
- /ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌzɛlʃaftɐ/
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptɡəˌzɛlʃaftɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hauptgesellschafter in German?
Hauptgesellschafter appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).