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die Hauptsache

A2 Noun / Connector frequency rank #2,177

What Hauptsache means

Noun

  1. main thing, most important thing
  2. main issue

Connector

  1. as long as, expresses that the following is the most important goal, prioritised over anything else
  2. at least, most importantly, specifically, expresses gladness about a fact being true even if other things might not be ideal (i.e. Glück im Unglück)

Forms

die Hauptsache · die Hauptsachen | Connector

Plural: Hauptsachen

Pronunciation

Hauptsache in a sentence

Hauptsache, wir sind zusammen.

As long as we are together.

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Hauptsache is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #2,177 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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