"Kapitälchen" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /kapiˈtɛːlçən/ Audio: De-Kapitälchen.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛːlçən Etymology: From Kapitale (“drop cap, initial”) + -chen. Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|Kapitale|-chen|t1=drop cap, initial}} Kapitale (“drop cap, initial”) + -chen Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Kapitälchen n (strong, genitive Kapitälchens, plural Kapitälchen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Kapitälchens [genitive], Kapitälchen [plural], strong [table-tags], Kapitälchen [nominative, singular], Kapitälchen [definite, nominative, plural], Kapitälchens [genitive, singular], Kapitälchen [definite, genitive, plural], Kapitälchen [dative, singular], Kapitälchen [dative, definite, plural], Kapitälchen [accusative, singular], Kapitälchen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (typography, chiefly in the plural) small caps Tags: in-plural, neuter, strong

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kapitale",
        "3": "-chen",
        "t1": "drop cap, initial"
      },
      "expansion": "Kapitale (“drop cap, initial”) + -chen",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Kapitale (“drop cap, initial”) + -chen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Kapitälchen n (strong, genitive Kapitälchens, plural Kapitälchen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ka‧pi‧täl‧chen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German diminutiva tantum",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -chen",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Typography",
          "orig": "de:Typography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small caps"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kapitälchen-de-noun-ND4~byIp",
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "small caps",
          "small caps"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography, chiefly in the plural) small caps"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kapiˈtɛːlçən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kapitälchen.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/De-Kapit%C3%A4lchen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːlçən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kapitälchen"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kapitale",
        "3": "-chen",
        "t1": "drop cap, initial"
      },
      "expansion": "Kapitale (“drop cap, initial”) + -chen",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Kapitale (“drop cap, initial”) + -chen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitälchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Kapitälchen n (strong, genitive Kapitälchens, plural Kapitälchen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ka‧pi‧täl‧chen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German diminutiva tantum",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms suffixed with -chen",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:German/ɛːlçən",
        "Rhymes:German/ɛːlçən/4 syllables",
        "de:Typography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small caps"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "small caps",
          "small caps"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography, chiefly in the plural) small caps"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kapiˈtɛːlçən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kapitälchen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/De-Kapit%C3%A4lchen.ogg/De-Kapit%C3%A4lchen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/De-Kapit%C3%A4lchen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːlçən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kapitälchen"
}

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