Hauptmann

American  

[haupt-mahn] / ˈhaʊptˌmɑn /

noun

1. Gerhart 1862–1946, German dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel Prize 1912.

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Hauptmann British  

/ ˈhaʊptman /

noun

1. Gerhart (ˈɡeːrhart). 1862–1946, German naturalist, dramatist, novelist, and poet. His works include the historical drama The Weavers (1892): Nobel prize for literature 1912

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German playwright and novelist Gerhart Hauptmann insisted that “dramatic dialogue must only present thoughts in the process of being thought.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

Hauptmann, a German immigrant who had worked as a carpenter and lived in the Bronx borough of New York City, was executed for the crime in April 1936.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

One such scientist is Greenlandic microbiologist Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann who lives in the capital city, Nuuk.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 25, 2024

Bruno Hauptmann was sentenced to death in the kidnapping and death of Baby Lindbergh, but police always believed, but never proved, that someone within the Lindbergh household was also involved.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022

In January 1942, Werner goes to Dr. Hauptmann in his glowing, firelit office, twice as warm as the rest of the castle, and asks to be sent home.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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