Polyglot Dictionary

Kapitulation

/kapituˈlaːtsi̯oːn/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Kapitulationen

Meaning

  1. surrender

    • Die Kapitulation beendete den Krieg.

      The surrender ended the war.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Rücktritt

Close — surrender and resignation both involve giving up a position.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

rendición

rendición is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "surrender."

Practice

1 What does Kapitulation mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ beendete den Krieg.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Kapitulation?

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