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.

  • Amaltheamannen@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    It’s called “The Capital” in other languages, “Kapitalet” in Swedish. Capital would just be “Kapital”.

    • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      9 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.

      • XavienthEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Chinese doesn’t really have definite articles