Noun: kapellan
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | kapellan |
| Pl. | kapellaner |
Definite
| Sg. | kapellanen |
| Pl. | kapellanene |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kapellan
tjuendedag,
billettautomat,
bestevenn,
synops,
syklon,
syklus,
abiturient,
forsnevring,
kroppsdel,
snøbre,
lekeplass,
sesjon,
sesong,
septim,
sefard,
seilas,
sektor,
sement,
sensor,
sensur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old Norse kapellánn (“chaplain”), from Medieval Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”), from Late Latin cappella (“chapel; little cloak”), a diminutive of Latin cappa (“cloak, cape”). The term originally referred to a cleric serving the sanctuary in which the cloak of Saint Martin of Tours was preserved.
2. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kapellan, Danish kapellan, Swedish kaplan and Icelandic kapellán (“chaplain”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
kapellánn', Old Norse Nouns '
kapellánn', Latin Nouns '
cappa', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns '
kapellan'.
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