Hauptsache
German, conjunction/ˈhaʊ̯ptˌzaxə/
Hauptsache is spelled H-A-U-P-T-S-A-C-H-E (10 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauptsache is a German conjunction meaning “as long as, expresses that the following is the most important goal, prioritised over anything else” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Hauptsache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemain thing, most important thing
- 2
femininemain issue
conjunction
- 1
informalas long as, expresses that the following is the most important goal, prioritised over anything else
Er scherte sich nicht um die Folgen, Hauptsache, er bekam sein Geld.
- 2
informalat least, most importantly, specifically, expresses gladness about a fact being true even if other things might not be ideal (i.e. Glück im Unglück)
Hauptsache, es geht dir gut.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Wichtigste; das Entscheidende; das, worum es am meisten geht
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 Hauptsache
- Hauptsachen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauptsache?
- /ˈhaʊ̯ptˌzaxə/
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌzaxə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hauptsache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hauptsache in German?
Hauptsache appears 23 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).