kapital
German, adjective
kapital is spelled K-A-P-I-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kapital is a German adjective meaning “magnificent, marvelous to look at” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kapital is a different word: “capital”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in außergewöhnlichem Ausmaß, sehr groß (oft negativ verwendet in Verbindung mit Fehler, Irrtum, Schaden etc.)”.
What does kapital mean in English?
adjective
- 1
magnificent, marvelous to look at
- 2
significant, important, archetypical
noun
- 1
neutercapital
- 2
derogatoryneutercapitalists collectively
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geld oder andere Werte, die durch den Einsatz in der Produktion Gewinn generieren, Zinsen abwerfen 2. kleine Geldsumme 3. Sammelbegriff für Kapitalisten
adjective: 1. in außergewöhnlichem Ausmaß, sehr groß (oft negativ verwendet in Verbindung mit Fehler, Irrtum, Schaden etc.) 2. in seiner Art ungewöhnlich (im positiven Sinne), zum Beispiel besonders groß, kräftig oder schön
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kapital
- kapitaler masculine nominative singular
- am kapitalsten superlative
- kapitale feminine nominative singular
- kapitales neuter nominative singular
- kapitalen genitive masculine singular
- kapitalem dative masculine singular
- der kapitale definite includes-article masculine
- die kapitale definite feminine includes-article
- das kapitale definite includes-article neuter
- die kapitalen definite includes-article nominative
- des kapitalen definite genitive includes-article
- der kapitalen definite feminine genitive
- dem kapitalen dative definite includes-article
- Kap. abbreviation
- Kapitale nominative plural
- Kapitalien nominative plural
- Kapitals genitive singular
- Kapitalen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kapital
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kapital in German?
kapital appears 17 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).