Noun: kaptein
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | kapteinen |
| Pl. | kapteinene |
Sample Sentences
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En kaptein er ofte leder eller nestkommanderende for et kompani. (A captain is often the leader or second-in-command of a company.)
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paa denne reise [til Sogndal] vilde jeg … besøge kapitain Munthe (on this journey [to Sogndal] I wanted to … visit Captain Munthe) [1917, Ivar Aasen, Reise-Erindringer og Reise-Indberetninger 1842−1847, page 12:]
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Kapteinen har hovedansvaret for skipets sjødyktighet. (The captain has the main responsibility for the ship's seaworthiness.)
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kapteinen på «Palmetræet» (the captain of “Palmetræet”) [1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 75:]
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Hun er kaptein på landslaget. (She is captain of the national team.)
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nå debuterte jeg … som kaptein på laget (now I made my debut … as captain of the team) [1949, Reidar Kvammen, 50 ganger på Norges landslag, page 80:]
Nouns inflected like kaptein
tjuendedag,
billettautomat,
bestevenn,
synops,
syklon,
syklus,
abiturient,
forsnevring,
kroppsdel,
snøbre,
lekeplass,
sesjon,
sesong,
septim,
sefard,
seilas,
sektor,
sement,
sensor,
sensur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Dutch kapitein (“captain”), with influence from French capitaine (“captain”), both ultimately from Medieval Latin capitaneus (“chief, leader”), from caput (“head”).
2. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kaptein, Danish kaptajn, Swedish kapten, English captain, Dutch kapitein and French capitaine (“captain”). See: Dutch Nouns '
kapitein', French Nouns '
capitaine', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns '
kaptein', Danish Nouns '
kaptajn', Swedish Nouns '
kapten', English Nouns '
captain', Dutch Nouns '
kapitein', French Nouns '
capitaine'.
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