Hauptteil
German, noun[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌtaɪ̯l]
Hauptteil is spelled H-A-U-P-T-T-E-I-L (9 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauptteil is a German masculine noun meaning “principal part, body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der größte, wichtigste, zentrale Teil eines Ganzen”.
What does Hauptteil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprincipal part, body
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der größte, wichtigste, zentrale Teil eines Ganzen
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 Hauptteil
- Hauptteils genitive
- Hauptteile plural
- Hauptteiles genitive singular
- Hauptteilen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauptteil?
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌtaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hauptteil in German?
Hauptteil appears 2.2 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).