capital Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪtl/Translate capital | into French | into Italian | into Spanish German translation of capitalA. attrib. adj. 1 Todes [strafe, -urteil]; Kapital [verbrechen] 2 groß, Groß [buchstabe] 3 (principal) Haupt [stadt]B. n. 1 (letter) Großbuchstabe 2 (city, town) Hauptstadt 3 (stock, wealth) Kapitalcapital in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of capital in the British & World English dictionary Definition of capital in the US English dictionary