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Hauptmann () is an officer rank in the armies of German Army, Austria, and Switzerland. It is usually translated as captain.
This rank is equivalent to the rank of captain in the British Army and US Armies, and is rated OF-2 in NATO.
Currently, there is no female form within the German military (such as Hauptfrau): the correct form of address is " Frau Hauptmann."
More generally, a Hauptmann can be the head of any hierarchically structured group of people, often as a compound word. For example, a Feuerwehrhauptmann is the captain of a fire brigade, while Räuberhauptmann refers to the leader of a gang of robbers.
Official Austrian and German titles incorporating the word include Landeshauptmann, Bezirkshauptmann, Burghauptmann, and Berghauptmann.
In Saxony during the Weimar Republic, the titles of Kreishauptmann, and Amtshauptmann were held by senior civil servants.
Hauptmann (from Early Modern High German Heubtmann) is cognate with the Swedish hövitsman, which also has the root meaning 'head-man' or 'the man at the head', and is closely related to hövding, meaning 'chieftain'. Since medieval times, both titles have been used for state administrators rather than military personnel. Heubtmann may also be the origin of the title hetman, used in Central and Eastern Europe.
| Hauptmann i.G. (Gen. staff service) HA OS5 43 Hauptmann PzGren.svg | Hauptmann (Mechanized infantry) HA OS5 43 Hauptmann d.R. PzGren.svg | Hauptmann d.R. (Mech. infantry reserves) | Hauptmann (field suit) |
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