Hauptmann

American  

[houpt-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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Example Sentences

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

His cat-and-mouse game with Hauptmann is expertly plotted; his desperate mission through the streets of Rome is brilliantly paced.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

Werner is seized with a sudden and foreboding dread, but then Hauptmann looks back at him, and the feeling subsides.

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