Kapitel

See also: kapitel and kapitél

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)

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

Declension of Kapitel [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kapitel	die	Kapitel
genitive	eines	des	Kapitels	der	Kapitel
dative	einem	dem	Kapitel	den	Kapiteln
accusative	ein	das	Kapitel	die	Kapitel

Derived terms

• Domkapitel
• Hauptkapitel
• kapiteln
• Kapitelsaal
• kapitelweise
• Unterkapitel

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰaˈpitl̩/

Noun

Kapitel n (plural Kapitel)

1. chapter

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈpitəl/

Noun

Kapitel n (plural Kapitelen)

1. chapter