Kapitän

See also: kapitan and kapitán

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kapitān, borrowed from Old French capitaine (“leader”), from Late Latin capitāneus. The meaning "capitain on a vessel" is due to Italian influence.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kapiˈtɛːn/
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Noun

Kapitän m (genitive Kapitäns, plural Kapitäne, female 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
Declension of Kapitän
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kapitän die Kapitäne
genitive eines des Kapitänes,
Kapitäns		 der Kapitäne
dative einem dem Kapitän,
Kapitäne1		 den Kapitänen
accusative einen den Kapitän die Kapitäne
1Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms
  • Käpt'n
  • Käpten
  • Kaptein

Further reading
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