Hauptmann

== English == === Alternative forms === Hauptman === Etymology === Borrowed from German Hauptmann. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Hauptmann A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Hauptmann is the 47966th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 441 individuals. Hauptmann is most common among White (91.61%) individuals. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German houbetman (“leader; captain, head of a group”), from Old High German houbitman, from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann. Cognate with Low German Hööftmann, Dutch hoofdman, and Old English hēafodmann. Equivalent to haupt- (“chief, head”) +‎ Mann (“man”). Doublet of Hetman (via Polish hetman). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaʊp(t)ˌman/ Hyphenation: Haupt‧mann === Noun === Hauptmann m (strong, genitive Hauptmannes or Hauptmanns, plural Hauptleute or Hauptmänner, feminine Hauptfrau or Hauptmännin) (military) captain (male [also female] or of unspecified sex; cf. Herr / Frau Hauptmann) ==== Usage notes ==== The normal plural is Hauptleute, while the plural Hauptmänner is rarely used, at least in contemporary military terminology. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: hopman → Lower Sorbian: hawptman → Pennsylvania German: Hauptman, Haaptman → Czech: hejtman → Polish: hetman→ Belarusian: ге́тман (hjétman)→ Bulgarian: хе́тман (hétman)→ English: hetman→ French: hetman→ German: Hetman→ Portuguese: hétmã, hétmane→ Romanian: hatman→ Ukrainian: ге́тьман (hétʹman)→ Russian: ге́тман (gétman)→ Uzbek: getman→ Spanish: hetman === Further reading === “Hauptmann” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hauptmann” in Duden online “Proper noun” in Duden online