kapten

See also: käpten

Dutch

Pronunciation

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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 2e/minut, 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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaptɛn/ [ˈkap̚.t̪ɛn]
• Rhymes: -aptɛn
• Syllabification: kap‧ten

Noun

kaptèn (plural kapten-kapten)

1. captain:
   1. (military) an army or air force officer whose rank is higher than that of a lieutenant but lower than that of a major
   2. (military) a naval officer whose rank is higher than that of a commander but lower than that of a commodore
   3. (aviation) the first officer or co-pilot of an aircraft
   4. the person who administers the operation of a merchant ship or a passenger ship

      Synonyms: kapten kapal, nakhoda

   5. the leader of a squad or a team in a game (of football, hockey, and others)

      Synonym: ketua

   6. someone who has been given the power to lead an organization, group, and so on

Related terms

• kapitan

Descendants

• → Hokkien: 甲丁 (kap-teng, “captain”)

Further reading

• “kapten”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Alternative forms

• (naval officer): kepten

Etymology

From English captain, from Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of kapitan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeptən/ [ˈkɛp̚.t̪ən]

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• Rhymes: -tən, -ən
• Hyphenation: kap‧ten

Noun

kapten (Jawi spelling کڤتن, plural kapten-kapten or kapten²)

1. A captain:
   1. (military) An army or air force officer whose rank is higher than that of a lieutenant but lower than that of a major.
   2. (military) A naval officer whose rank is higher than that of a commander but lower than that of a commodore.
   3. (aviation) The first officer or co-pilot of an aircraft.
   4. The person who administers the operation of a merchant ship or a passenger ship.

      Synonyms: kapten kapal, nakhoda

   5. The leader of a squad or a team in a game (of football, hockey, and others).

      Synonym: ketua

   6. Someone who has been given the power to lead an organization, group, and so on.

Further reading

• "kapten" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "kapten" at PRPM first version)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English captain.

Noun

kapten

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kapiten, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitaneus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kapten c

1. a captain (military officer)
2. ellipsis of sjökapten (“sea captain”)
3. ellipsis of lagkapten (“team captain”)

Declension

Declension of kapten

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kapten	kaptens
	definite	kaptenen	kaptenens
plural	indefinite	kaptener	kapteners
	definite	kaptenerna	kaptenernas

Derived terms

• aj aj, kapten
• fartygskapten
• flygkapten
• förbundskapten
• kaptensbindel
• kaptensgrad
• lagkapten
• sjökapten

Descendants

• → Finnish: kapteeni

References

• “kapten”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• pakten