Captain

"Captain" in is

flugstjóri

(the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

fyrirliði

(one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

höfuðsmaður

(an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

kafteinn

(an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

kapteinn

(an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

skipstjóri

(the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.