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

“It’s still the ultimate American spectacle that draws people to it in this obsessive way,” said Wilber, who is convinced of Hauptmann’s guilt despite trial flaws that have opened the case to unceasing scrutiny.

From Seattle Times

He called Hauptmann’s execution “a terrible miscarriage of justice.”

From Seattle Times

Love, Hauptmann’s relative, said she remained focused less on the whodunit than on helping to wipe away a stain that had haunted her family for nearly a century.

From Seattle Times

In the decades since, as the keepers of the Lindbergh kidnapping archives can attest, public interest in the case has never subsided — nor has skepticism about Hauptmann’s guilt.

From Seattle Times