Haupt

== English == === Etymology === German and Jewish surname, from the noun Haupt (“head”). Compare Houpt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haʊpt/ Rhymes: -aʊpt === Proper noun === Haupt A surname from German. == Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German houpt, from Old High German houbit. Compare German Haupt, Dutch hoofd, German Low German Hööft, Häuft, Saterland Frisian Hööft, English head, Crimean Gothic hoef. === Noun === Haupt n (diminutive Häuptli) (Uri, anatomy, of livestock) head === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 29. == German == === Alternative forms === Haubt, Häubt, Häupt, Heubt, Heupt (all obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German houbet, höubet, from Old High German houbit, from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput. The standardized form without umlaut is from Upper German, in which -ou- did not undergo umlaut before labials. The Central German form with umlaut is preserved in Häuptling and zu Häupten. Cognate with Dutch hoofd, German Low German Hööft, Häuft, Saterland Frisian Hööft, English head, Danish hoved, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haʊ̯pt/ === Noun === Haupt n (strong, genitive Hauptes or Haupts, plural Häupter) (dated, higher register, poetic) head (body part) Synonyms: Kopf, Birne, Dez, Schädel (dated) head; leader; chief Synonym: Oberhaupt (heraldry) chief Synonym: Schildhaupt (in compounds) see haupt- ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Haube ==== Descendants ==== → Plautdietsch: Haupt === Further reading === “Haupt” in Duden online “Haupt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Haupt. Compare the inherited form Heeft. === Noun === Haupt n (plural Heipta) head