Kapitän

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See also: kapitan and kapitán

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kapitān, borrowed from Old French capitaine (“leader”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. capitāneus. The meaning "capitain on a vessel" is due to Italian influence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kapiˈtɛːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Kapitän m (genitive Kapitäns, plural Kapitäne, feminine Kapitänin)

  1. captain (male or of unspecified sex) (on a vessel)
    • 1915, Else Ury, Nesthäkchen im Kinderheim; in: 2016, Karl-Maria Guth (editor), Nesthäkchen Gesamtausgabe in zwei Bänden. Erster Band, p. 327:
      Es war Frau Kapitän Clarsen, Annemaries Pensionsmutter.

Declension

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Synonyms

Further reading

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