kapabel

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French capable.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Adjective

kapabel (strong nominative masculine singular kapabler, comparative kapabler, superlative am kapabelsten)

  1. (archaic) capable; qualified
    Synonyms: befähigt, fähig
    • 1884 [1735], Frederick the Great, “An den König Friedrich Willhelm I., Ruppin, den 10. Mai 1735”, in E. Schröder, editor, Friedrich der Große: Ein Lebensbild in seinen Briefen[1], Stuttgart: Spemann, page 27:
      Meine Ursache, die mich hierzu beweget, ist dieselbe, die mein allergnädigster Vater gehabt hat, die Ambition und die Begierde, durch Beiwohnung der Kampagne mich kapabler zu machen, als ich anjetzo bin, meinem allergnädigsten Vater zu dienen; []
      My reason, which moves me to do this, is the same one that my most gracious father had had, the ambition and desire to make myself, in attending the campaign, more capable than I am at present to serve my most gracious father; []

Declension

Further reading

  • kapabel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kapabel” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch capabel, from French capable, from Middle French capable, from Late Latin capābilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈpabəl]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pa‧bêl
  • Rhymes: -bəl, -əl, -l

Adjective

kapabêl (comparative lebih kapabel, superlative paling kapabel)

  1. (colloquial) capable
    Synonyms: cakap, mampu, pandai, sanggup

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

kapabel (comparative kapablare, superlative kapablast)

  1. capable

Declension

Inflection of kapabel
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kapabel kapablare kapablast
neuter singular kapabelt kapablare kapablast
plural kapabla kapablare kapablast
masculine plural2 kapable kapablare kapablast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kapable kapablare kapablaste
all kapabla kapablare kapablaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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