kontor

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Kontor

Etymology edit

Attested since late 19th century. Learned borrowing from German Kontor and Middle Low German kontôr (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument sufffix). Doublet of cantore, computer, and counter.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒntɔː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɔɹ/
Homophone: contour (one pronunciation)

Noun edit

kontor (plural kontors or kontore)

(historical) One of the four chief trading posts of the Hanseatic League that enjoyed a great degree of legal autonomy; located in Bruges, London, Bergen and Novgorod.

Danish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German kontōr (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk”), from Middle Dutch cantoor, cantoor, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix), from Latin computāre (“calculate, compute”) and -tōrium.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [kʰɔnˈtˢoɐ̯ˀ], [kʰonˈtˢoɐ̯ˀ]

Noun edit

kontor n (singular definite kontoret, plural indefinite kontorer)

office

Inflection edit

Declension of kontor

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kontor	kontoret	kontorer	kontorerne
genitive	kontors	kontorets	kontorers	kontorernes

Estonian edit

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

kontor

Wikipedia ^et

Etymology edit

Akin to Danish kontor, German Kontor, Russian контора (kontora). Regardless of the intermediate, ultimately from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument sufffix), from Latin computāre and -tōrium.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkontor/

Noun edit

kontor (genitive kontori, partitive kontorit)

office

Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

postkontor

Ido edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /konˈtɔr/

Verb edit

kontor

future infinitive of kontar

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

kontor

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology edit

From Danish kontor, see above.

Noun edit

kontor n (definite singular kontoret, indefinite plural kontor or kontorer, definite plural kontora or kontorene)

an office

Derived terms edit

References edit

“kontor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

kontor

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Danish kontor either directly or through Norwegian Bokmål kontor, see above.

Noun edit

kontor n (definite singular kontoret, indefinite plural kontor, definite plural kontora)

an office

Derived terms edit

References edit

“kontor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Since late 16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix).

Pronunciation edit

audio (file)

Noun edit

kontor n

office; building or room

Declension edit

Declension of kontor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kontor	kontoret	kontor	kontoren
Genitive	kontors	kontorets	kontors	kontorens

Descendants edit

→ Finnish: konttori