Haupttäter
German, noun[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌtɛːtɐ]
Haupttäter is spelled H-A-U-P-T-T-Ä-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haupttäter is a German masculine noun meaning “a perpetrator, as opposed to an instigator or an accomplice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, welche die Hauptschuld an einem Verbrechen trägt”.
What does Haupttäter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea perpetrator, as opposed to an instigator or an accomplice
- 2
masculinemain perpetrator (the one who contributed the most to, committed the main part of a crime)
- 3
masculinemain perpetrator (archetypal perpetrator for a specific type of crime)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, welche die Hauptschuld an einem Verbrechen trägt 2. Person, die eine Haupttat begangen hat 3. Typ von Täter, der einen Großteil eines bestimmten Verbrechens begeht
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 Haupttäter
- Haupttäters genitive
- Haupttätern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Haupttäter?
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌtɛːtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Haupttäter in German?
Haupttäter appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).