Hauptmann
'''' () is an officer rank in the armies of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It is usually translated as captain''.
Key facts
- Military rank.equivalents
- Kapitänleutnant (Navy)
- Military rank.name
- Captain
- Military rank.image
- 75px
- Military rank.caption
- Army and Air Force insignia
- Military rank.caption2
- Field uniform service uniform
- Military rank.service branch
- Austrian Armed Forces
- Military rank.abbreviation
- H or Hptm
- Military rank.rank group
- Junior officer
- Military rank.Non NATO rank
- OF-2
- Military rank.native_name
- Hauptmann
- Military rank.NATO rank
- OF-2
- Military rank.formation
- 19th century
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- Background
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- Austria
- Germany
- Rank insignia
- Switzerland
- Swiss Guard
- See also
- References
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'''' () is an officer rank in the armies of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It is usually translated as captain''.
==Background== While in contemporary German means 'main', it also has, and originally had, the meaning of 'head', i.e. '''' literally translates to 'head-man', which is also the etymological root of captain (from Latin , 'head').