Why is it called “Das Kapital” and not just “Kapital” in German? (hexbear.net)

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I’m not a native German speaker obviously, but doesn’t “Das Kapital” translate to “THE Capital”?

Also, English-speakers should call it just “Capital”. Calling it “Das Kapital” is just propaganda to make the title sound more menacing than it is.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

It's called "The Capital" in other languages, "Kapitalet" in Swedish. Capital would just be "Kapital".

[-] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I think languages that don't really go article crazy like the Germans just call it Capital. In Japanese, it's 資本論. It's probably something similar in Chinese.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Chinese doesn't really have definite articles

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