Hauptquartier
German, noun[ˈhaʊ̯ptkvaʁˌtiːɐ̯]
Hauptquartier is spelled H-A-U-P-T-Q-U-A-R-T-I-E-R (13 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauptquartier is a German neuter noun meaning “headquarters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sicherer, strategisch günstig gelegener Ort, an dem sich der Oberbefehlshaber/die Leitung eines Teils der…”.
What does Hauptquartier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterheadquarters
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sicherer, strategisch günstig gelegener Ort, an dem sich der Oberbefehlshaber/die Leitung eines Teils der Streitkräfte befindet 2. zentrale Schaltstelle einer Institution/Organisation
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 Hauptquartier
- Hauptquartieres genitive
- Hauptquartiers genitive
- Hauptquartiere plural
- Hauptquartieren dative definite plural
- HQ abbreviation
- HQu. abbreviation
- H.-Qu. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauptquartier?
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptkvaʁˌtiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hauptquartier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hauptquartier in German?
Hauptquartier appears 5.9 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).