Hauptton
German, noun[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌtoːn]
Hauptton is spelled H-A-U-P-T-T-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written German, the 543,077th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauptton is a German masculine noun meaning “primary stress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “allgemein: wichtigste Aussagekraft, Bedeutung unter mehreren”.
What does Hauptton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprimary stress
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. allgemein: wichtigste Aussagekraft, Bedeutung unter mehreren 2. die am stärksten betonte Stelle in einem komplexen Wort
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 Hauptton
- Haupttones genitive
- Haupttons genitive
- Haupttöne plural
- Haupttone dative singular
- Haupttönen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauptton?
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌtoːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hauptton in German?
Hauptton appears about once in every 76 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).