| Hauptmahlzeit | main meal |
| Hauptakzent | primary stress |
| Hauptsendezeit | prime time |
| Abendmahlzeit | dine |
| Mahlzeit | meal |
| Ausfallzeit | downtime |
| Hauptachse | major axis |
| Hauptader | mother lode |
| Hauptinhalt | gist |
| Haupttext | body text |
| Haupttäter | principal |
| Hauptbahnhof | central station main station |
| Haupthafen | main port |
| Hauptmann | captain |
| Hauptrolle | main role |
| Hauptsache | main thing |
| Hauptsatz | independent clause main clause principal clause |
| Hauptschule | finished elementary school junior high school secondary modern school secondary school |
| Hauptseite | main page |
| Hauptteil | main part |