der Hauptmann

B2 Noun frequency rank #3,613

What Hauptmann means

Noun

captain (male [also female] or of unspecified sex; cf. Herr / Frau Hauptmann)

Forms

der Hauptmann · die Hauptleute

Plural: Hauptleute

Pronunciation

Hauptmann in a sentence

Ein Hauptmann ist mehr als ein Sergeant.

A captain is above a sergeant.

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Hauptmann is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #3,613 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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