Häuptling

German Etymology From de ofs hāvdling high member of the nobility, probably via de gml. de Haupt -ling. The umlaut is probably due to the northern origin of the word and derives from the earlier Central German variant de Häupt, though it might also be due to analogy with other words in de -ling. The word was first adopted in the sense of "patriarch, family leader", but was transferred and soon restricted to the ethnological sense of "chief" in the 19th century (as a loose equivalent of the English word). Pronunciation de /ˈhɔʏ̯p(t).lɪŋ/ de De-Häuptling.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,s:es chief leader or co-leader of a tribe de historical high member of the Frisian nobility de humorous leader of some other kind de obsolete patriarch leader of a family Declension m,s:es Derived terms de Dorfhäuptling Friedenshäuptling Friesenhäuptling Häuptlingsamt Häuptlingschaft Häuptlingsname Häuptlingstreffen Häuptlingstum Häuptlingsversammlung Häuptlingszelt Indianerhäuptling Kreishäuptling Kriegshäuptling Maorihäuptling Oberhäuptling Provinzhäuptling Stammeshäuptling Suluhäuptling Zuluhäuptling Further reading de de People