kapten

See also: käpten

Dutch

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Verb

kapten

  1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of kappen

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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
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)

  1. (military) captain.

Descendants
  • → Min Nan: 甲丁 (kap-teng, “captain”)[1]

References
  1. 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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English captain.

Noun

kapten

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

Swedish

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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

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