Kapitel
German
Alternative forms
- Capitel (obsolete)
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈpɪtəl/, /kaˈpiːtəl/
Audio; /kaˈpɪtəl/: (file)
Noun
Kapitel n (strong, genitive Kapitels, plural Kapitel, diminutive Kapitelchen n)
- chapter (section of a text)
- Das ist ein Kapitel für sich.
- That's another story. / I could write a whole book about it.
- (Christianity) chapter (clerical body)
Declension
Declension of Kapitel [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
- Domkapitel
- Hauptkapitel
- kapiteln
- Kapitelsaal
- kapitelweise
- Unterkapitel
Descendants
Further reading
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰaˈpitl̩/
Noun
Kapitel n (plural Kapitel)
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German kapitel, from Old High German kapital, from Latin capitulum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑˈpitəl/
Noun
Kapitel n (plural Kapitelen)