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Kapitän
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kapitan kapitán Kapitan
German
thumb|1. ein Kapitän
Etymology
From de gmh kapitān, borrowed (13th c.) in the military sense from de fro capitaine leader, from de la-lat capitāneus. The nautical sense (15th c.) follows de it capitano. The sport sense (early 20th c.) follows de en captain.
Pronunciation
de /kapiˈtɛːn/ [ka.piˈtɛːn] [-pɪ-] [-ˈteːn]
de De-Kapitän.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s:es[rare, nonstandard],e in
de nautical aviation captain
de Käpt'n Käpten Kaptein all informal
de 1915 Else Ury Nesthäkchen im Kinderheim 2016 Karl-Maria Guth Nesthäkchen Gesamtausgabe in zwei Bänden. Erster Band 327 Es war Frau Kapitän Clarsen, Annemaries Pensionsmutter.
de military navy de Kapitän zur See captain: high-level officer rank equivalent to an army colonel
de other _ military obsolete except in translation of cognate words captain medium-level officer rank
de Hauptmann
de sports captain player who leads a team and serves as contact person for the referee
de Spielführer
Declension
m,s:es[rare, nonstandard],e
Related terms
de Flottenkapitän Flugkapitän Fregattenkapitän Kapitänleutnant Kapitänsbinde de Kapitänskajüte (de Kajüte des Kapitäns) Korvettenkapitän Teamkapitän
Further reading
de Occupations
Plautdietsch
Noun
pdt noun m plural Kapitäns
captain