"Kapitel" meaning in German

See Kapitel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaˈpɪtəl/, /kaˈpiːtəl/ Audio: De-Kapitel.ogg
Etymology: In the sense of “clerical body” inherited from Middle High German kapitel, capittel, from Latin capitulum. In the sense of “text section” a later borrowing from the same source (ca. 1500). Occasional Old High German kapital, kapitula had no sustained continuation in Middle High German. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|kapitel}} Middle High German kapitel, {{m|gmh|capittel}} capittel, {{der|de|la|capitulum}} Latin capitulum, {{cog|goh|kapital}} Old High German kapital, {{m|goh|kapitula}} kapitula Head templates: {{de-noun|n|dim=chen}} Kapitel n (strong, genitive Kapitels, plural Kapitel, diminutive Kapitelchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Kapitels [genitive], Kapitel [plural], Kapitelchen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Kapitel [nominative, singular], Kapitel [definite, nominative, plural], Kapitels [genitive, singular], Kapitel [definite, genitive, plural], Kapitel [dative, singular], Kapiteln [dative, definite, plural], Kapitel [accusative, singular], Kapitel [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. chapter (section of a text) Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Textual division
    Sense id: en-Kapitel-de-noun-FXqJFGHF Disambiguation of Textual division: 49 51 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. (Christianity) chapter (clerical body) Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Christianity, Textual division
    Sense id: en-Kapitel-de-noun-3Hfy6gqc Disambiguation of Textual division: 49 51 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Domkapitel, Hauptkapitel, kapiteln, Kapitelsaal, kapitelweise, Unterkapitel

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Kapitel meaning in German (4.9kB)

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      "word": "kapiteln"
    },
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      "word": "Kapitelsaal"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kapitelweise"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Unterkapitel"
    }
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          "expansion": "→ Swedish: kapitel",
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      "text": "→ Swedish: kapitel"
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: kapitel",
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      "text": "→ Danish: kapitel"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: kapitel",
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kapitel",
          "name": "desc"
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    }
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    },
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      },
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    {
      "form": "Kapitel",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitel",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kapiteln",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitel",
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    },
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈpiːtəl/"
    },
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    "German lemmas",
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    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "de:Textual division"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Domkapitel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hauptkapitel"
    },
    {
      "word": "kapiteln"
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    {
      "word": "Kapitelsaal"
    },
    {
      "word": "kapitelweise"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unterkapitel"
    }
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          "expansion": "→ Swedish: kapitel",
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            "2": "kapitel",
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kapitel",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kapitel"
    }
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      },
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "Kapitel",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "Kapitel",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kapiteln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kapitel",
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    {
      "form": "Kapitel",
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  "lang_code": "de",
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