Kapitel

• Capitel (obsolete)

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.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈpɪtəl/, /kaˈpiːtəl/

• Audio; /kaˈpɪtəl/:

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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)

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kʰaˈpitl̩/

Kapitel n (plural Kapitel)

1. chapter

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈpitəl/

Kapitel n (plural Kapitelen)

1. chapter