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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French capituler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kapituˈliːʁən/
- Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧tu‧lie‧ren
Verb
kapitulieren (weak, third-person singular present kapituliert, past tense kapitulierte, past participle kapituliert, auxiliary haben)
- (military) to surrender, to capitulate
1928, Kurt Tucholsky, “Vor Verdun”, in Mit 5 PS, Ernst Rowohlt, page 97:Die Besatzung, die damals mit allen militärischen Ehren kapitulierte, zog ab, und die Stadt kam unter deutsche Verwaltung.- The occupational troops, who surrendered with full military honors at that time, left, and the city came under German administration.
- (by extension) to surrender, to give up
2007, Tocotronic (lyrics and music), “Kapitulation”, in Kapitulation:Alle, die uns kontrollieren / Sie müssen kapitulieren / Alle, die uns deprimieren / Sie müssen kapitulieren / Lasst uns an alle appellieren! / Wir müssen kapitulieren- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
kapitulieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
kapitulieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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