Neuter

Kapitel

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (neuter, strong) chapter (section of a text)
  2. (neuter, strong) chapter (clerical body)

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

kapitel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kabittel

Zürich

Zürich

kapital

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈpɪtəl/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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