Kapitän – German noun declension

German noun forms of Kapitän

Noun: Kapitän
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Kapitän
Plural Kapitäne

Definite

Singularder Kapitän
Pluraldie Kapitäne

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Kapitäns
Plural Kapitäne

Definite

Singulardes Kapitäns
Pluralder Kapitäne

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Kapitän
Plural Kapitänen

Definite

Singulardem Kapitän
Pluralden Kapitänen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareinen Kapitän
Plural Kapitäne

Definite

Singularden Kapitän
Pluraldie Kapitäne

Sample Sentences

  • Es war Frau Kapitän Clarsen, Annemaries Pensionsmutter. [1915, Else Ury, “Nesthäkchen im Kinderheim”, in Karl-Maria Guth, editor, Nesthäkchen Gesamtausgabe in zwei Bänden. Erster Band, published 2016, page 327:]

Nouns inflected like Kapitän

Kapitän,

Etymology

From Middle High German kapitān, borrowed (13th c.) in the military sense from Old French capitaine (“leader”), from Late Latin capitāneus. The nautical sense (15th c.) follows Italian capitano. The sport sense (early 20th c.) follows English captain. See: Italian Nouns 'capitano', English Nouns 'captain'.

Verbs referencing "Kapitän"

Hungarian Nouns kapitány.

Translations