kapten
See also: käpten
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Verb
kapten
- plural past indicative and subjunctive of kappen
Anagrams
- knapte, pakten
Estonian
Etymology
Middle Low German kaptein.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -en
Noun
kapten (genitive kapteni, partitive kaptenit)
- captain (commander of sea-going vessel or airliner)
- (military) captain
- captain (athlete on sports team designated to make decisions)
Declension
Inflection of kapten (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kapten | kaptenid |
| accusative | kapteni | kaptenid |
| genitive | kapteni | kaptenite |
| partitive | kaptenit | kapteneid |
| illative | kaptenisse | kaptenitesse kapteneisse |
| inessive | kaptenis | kaptenites kapteneis |
| elative | kaptenist | kaptenitest kapteneist |
| allative | kaptenile | kaptenitele kapteneile |
| adessive | kaptenil | kaptenitel kapteneil |
| ablative | kaptenilt | kaptenitelt kapteneilt |
| translative | kapteniks | kapteniteks kapteneiks |
| terminative | kaptenini | kapteniteni |
| essive | kaptenina | kaptenitena |
| abessive | kaptenita | kapteniteta |
| comitative | kapteniga | kaptenitega |
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch kapitein (“captain”), from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”). Cognate with Afrikaans kaptein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkap̚tɛn/
- Hyphenation: kap.tèn
Noun
kaptèn (first-person possessive kaptenku, second-person possessive kaptenmu, third-person possessive kaptennya)
- (military) captain.
Related terms
- kapitan
Descendants
- → Min Nan: 甲丁 (kap-teng, “captain”)[1]
References
- Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
Further reading
- “kapten” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English captain.
Noun
kapten
- captain
- leader
- chief of a Maroon or Amerindian village
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Noun
kapten c
- captain; the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
- captain; a military rank
- captain; the athlete of a sports team who speaks for the team with the referee
Declension
| Declension of kapten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kapten | kaptenen | kaptener | kaptenerna |
| Genitive | kaptens | kaptenens | kapteners | kaptenernas |
Derived terms
- aj aj, kapten
- kaptensgrad
- fartygskapten
Descendants
- → Finnish: kapteeni
Further reading
- kapten in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- pakten