kapten

See also: käpten

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

kapten

1. inflection of kappen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

• knapte, pakten

Estonian

Etymology

Middle Low German kaptein.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -en

Noun

kapten (genitive kapteni, partitive kaptenit)

1. captain (commander of sea-going vessel or airliner)
2. (military) captain
3. captain (athlete on sports team designated to make decisions)

Declension

Declension of kapten (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kapten	kaptenid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kapteni
genitive			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)

1. (military) captain.

Related terms

• kapitan

 

Descendants

• → Min Nan: 甲丁 (kap-teng, “captain”)

Further reading

• “kapten” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English captain.

Noun

kapten

1. captain
2. leader
3. chief of a Maroon or Amerindian village

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

kapten c

1. captain; the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
2. captain; a military rank
3. 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