Kapitel

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See also: kapitel and kapitél

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈpɪtəl/, /kaˈpiːtəl/
  • Audio; /kaˈpɪtəl/:(file)

Noun

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Kapitel n (strong, genitive Kapitels, plural Kapitel, diminutive Kapitelchen n)

  1. chapter (section of a text)
    Das ist ein Kapitel für sich.
    That's another story. / I could write a whole book about it.
  2. (Christianity) chapter (clerical body)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: kapitel
  • Danish: kapitel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kapitel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kapitel

Further reading

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  • Kapitel” in Duden online
  • Kapitel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Kapitel n (plural Kapitel)

  1. chapter

Further reading

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kapitel, from Old High German kapital, from Latin capitulum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Kapitel n (plural Kapitelen)

  1. chapter