Haupt

German and Jewish surname, from the noun Haupt (“head”). Compare Houpt.

• IPA^(key): /haʊpt/
• Rhymes: -aʊpt

Haupt

1. A surname from German.

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.

Haupt n (diminutive Häuptli)

1. (Uri, anatomy, of livestock) head

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 29.

• Haubt, Häubt, Häupt, Heubt, Heupt (all obsolete)

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).

• IPA^(key): /haʊ̯pt/

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Haupt n (strong, genitive Hauptes or Haupts, plural Häupter)

1. (dated, higher register, poetic) head (body part)

   Synonyms: Kopf, Birne, Dez, Schädel

   Er hob das Haupt und sah voll Kummer auf die offene See hinaus.

   He raised his head and sorrowfully looked out at the open sea.

   • 1820, Joseph von Görres, Das Heldenbuch von Iran aus dem Shah Nameh des Firdussi:

     […] trennt das Haupt des Türken vom Körper.

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2. (dated) head; leader; chief

   Synonym: Oberhaupt

   An dem Treffen nahmen die Häupter von 23 Religionsgemeinschaften teil.

   The meeting was attended by the heads of 23 religious communities.

3. (heraldry) chief

   Synonym: Schildhaupt

4. (in compounds) see haupt-

• Haube

• → Plautdietsch: Haupt

• “Haupt” in Duden online
• “Haupt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from German Haupt. Compare the inherited form Heeft.

Haupt n (plural Heipta)

1. head