Hauptsache
German
Etymology
From Middle High German houbetsache, equivalent to haupt- + Sache. Cognate with Middle Low German hȫvetsāke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaʊ̯ptˌzaxə/
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Noun
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- main thing, most important thing
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 141:
- „Vielleicht bin ich sogar verrückt. Ich will es nicht in Abrede stellen. Aber wenn ich es bin, so fühle ich mich sehr wohl dabei. Und das ist doch die Hauptsache, nicht?“
- „Maybe I am even crazy. I don't want to deny it. But if I am, I am feeling very good with it. And that is the most important thing, isn't it?“
- (law) main issue
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- Ansichtssache
- Hauptbühne
- Hauptfrage
- Hauptgeschehen
- Hauptprodukt
- Hauptpunkt
- Hauptstadt
- Hauptstraße
- Privatsache
- Sachfrage
- Sachlichkeit
- tatsächlich
- Verschlusssache
Further reading
- “Hauptsache” in Duden online
- “Hauptsache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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