Kaplan
German, noun[kaˈplaːn]
Kaplan is spelled K-A-P-L-A-N (6 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaplan is a German masculine noun meaning “chaplain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geistlicher, der für eine spezielle Einrichtung (zum Beispiel eine Kapelle) zuständig ist, oder der nach der…”.
What does Kaplan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechaplain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geistlicher, der für eine spezielle Einrichtung (zum Beispiel eine Kapelle) zuständig ist, oder der nach der Priesterweihe zunächst einem Pfarrer zugeordnet ist
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 Kaplan
- Kaplans genitive
- Kapläne plural
- Kaplane dated plural
- Kaplänen dative definite plural
- Kaplanen dative definite plural
- Kapellan alternative dated
- Kaplänin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kaplan?
- [kaˈplaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kaplan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kaplan in German?
Kaplan appears 3.2 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).