Hauptwerk
German, noun[ˈhaʊ̯ptˌvɛʁk]
Hauptwerk is spelled H-A-U-P-T-W-E-R-K (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,051st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauptwerk is a German neuter noun meaning “magnum opus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wichtigstes Werk eines Künstlers, Wissenschaftlers …”.
What does Hauptwerk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermagnum opus
- 2
neutergreat (main division in a pipe organ)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wichtigstes Werk eines Künstlers, Wissenschaftlers … 2. zentraler/wichtigster Teil, zentrale/wichtigste Niederlassung eines Unternehmens
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 Hauptwerk
- Hauptwerkes genitive
- Hauptwerks genitive
- Hauptwerke plural
- Hauptwerken dative definite plural
- Hptw. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hauptwerk?
- [ˈhaʊ̯ptˌvɛʁk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hauptwerk in German?
Hauptwerk appears 1.5 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).