Cape

See also: capë, cape, capé, cápe, and çapë

English

Etymology

English surname, from the noun cape. Also found in French as Capé.

Proper noun

Cape (plural Capes)

1. (countable) A surname.

Proper noun

the Cape

1. (southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape of Good Hope.
2. (South Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Province: a former province of South Africa, split into three in 1994.

   This is my maat Marius; he just moved to Joburg from the Cape.

3. Ellipsis of Cape Cod.
4. (historical, southern Africa) Ellipsis of Cape Colony.
5. (space flight) Ellipsis of Cape Canaveral: a peninsula in Florida, United States, where the major U.S. spaceflight complex is located.

Derived terms

Cape of Good Hope

• Cape ash
• Cape boxwood
• Cape Colony
• Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)
• Cape gum
• Cape lion
• Cape Malay
• Cape Muslim
• Cape Province
• Cape saffron
• Cape salmon
• Capesize
• Cape sorrel
• Cape sparrow
• Cape wagtail (Motacilla capensis)

Cape Province

• Eastern Cape
• Northern Cape
• Western Cape

Translations

the region of the Cape of Good Hope

• Afrikaans: Kaap (af)

Anagrams

• EPAC, EPCA, EAPC, PECA, Pace, Apec, PACE, pace, APEC

German

Etymology

From English cape. Doublet of Kappe.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Cape n (strong, genitive Capes, plural Capes)

1. (clothing) cape, cloak

   Synonym: Umhang

Declension

Declension of Cape [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Cape	die	Capes
genitive	eines	des	Capes	der	Capes
dative	einem	dem	Cape	den	Capes
accusative	ein	das	Cape	die	Capes

Descendants

• → Estonian: keep

Further reading

• “Cape” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache