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The person or company that provides the largest financial contribution to support an event, club, or person.
Der Hauptsponsor des Fußballvereins ist eine große lokale Brauerei.
The football club's main sponsor is a large local brewery.
The word is composed of 'Haupt-' (main) and 'Sponsor' (sponsor). The prefix 'Haupt-' means 'most important' or 'largest' and can be placed before many nouns to emphasize their central role.
Der Hauptbahnhof ist der zentrale Verkehrsknotenpunkt der Stadt.
The main train station is the city's central transport hub.
'Der Hauptsponsor' belongs to the word family around the verb 'sponsern' (to sponsor) and the noun 'das Sponsoring' (sponsorship). These words describe the activity of providing financial or material support.
Viele große Unternehmen sponsern Sportveranstaltungen.
Many large companies sponsor sporting events.
'Hauptsponsor' is often used with a genitive construction or the preposition 'von' to say whose sponsor it is. Typical phrases are 'der Hauptsponsor des Festivals' (the festival's main sponsor) or 'der Hauptsponsor von dem Team' (the main sponsor of the team).
Die Bank ist seit Jahren Hauptsponsor des Museums.
The bank has been the museum's main sponsor for years.
