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Kapelle

chapel

noun ka-PEL-le Less Common
Arts & Culture Music

Origin: from Medieval Latin cappella

Also means

band

Usage Note

Kapelle carries two unrelated senses: a small chapel, and a musical band (especially a brass or dance ensemble). Both trace back to the same Latin root, since music was originally made in chapels. Context disambiguates, e.g. die Kapelle spielt ('the band is playing').

Examples

"Die Kapelle steht auf dem Berg."

Natural Translation

The chapel stands on the mountain.

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