kort

Danish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kɔrt/, [kʰɒːd̥]
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Adjective

kort (neuter kort, definite and plural korte, comparative kortere, superlative kortest)

  1. short
  2. brief

Adverb

kort

  1. briefly
  2. curtly
  3. shortly

Noun

kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)

  1. card
  2. map
  3. plan
  4. chart

Inflection

    Inflection of kort
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative kort kortet kort kortene
genitive korts kortets korts kortenes
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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus. Compare also German kurz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)

  1. short

Declension

Declension of kort
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial kort korter
neuter
singular		 indefinite kort korter
definite korte kortere kortste kortst, kortste
common singular korte kortere kortste kortste
plural korte kortere kortste kortste
partitive korts korters

Related terms

Derived terms

Verb

kort

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of korten
  2. imperative of korten

Anagrams

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kʰɔɻ̊ʈ/

Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

  1. card
  2. map

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kort kortið kort kortini
Accusative kort kortið kort kortini
Dative korti kortinum kortum kortunum
Genitive korts kortsins korta kortanna
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Etymology

From the Old Norse word kort (“a map”) whence also the Danish kort (“a map”) and German Karte (“a card; a map”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

  1. a map
  2. a postcard, a card

Declension

declension of kort
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kort kortið kort kortin
accusative kort kortið kort kortin
dative korti kortinu kortum kortunum
genitive korts kortsins korta kortanna

Derived terms

  • út úr kortinu (beyond the pale, out of the question)

Synonyms

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

Adjective

kort

  1. short

Inflection

    Inflection of kort
Bokmål Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Masculine singular kort korte Comparative kortere Superlative kortest korteste
Feminine singular kort korte
Neuter singular kort korte
Plural korte korte
Nynorsk Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Masculine singular kort korte Comparative kortare Superlative kortast kortaste
Feminine singular kort korte
Neuter singular kort korte
Plural korte korte

Noun

kort m

  1. card

Inflection

    Inflection of kort
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål n kort kortet kort korta/kortene
Nynorsk n kort kortet kort korta [korti]
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Polish

kort

Pronunciation

Noun

kort m

  1. court (place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court)

Declension

    declension of kort
singular plural
nominative kort korty
genitive kortu kortów
dative kortowi kortom
accusative kort korty
instrumental kortem kortami
locative korcie kortach
vocative korcie korty
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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kort, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.[1] Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian kort.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kort

  1. short
    • 1901, Zacharias Topelius, Noveller
      Thomas! Thomas! [...]viskade nu Lotten, ty det var den korte som segrat, och hon hade igenkänt honom.
      Thomas! Thomas! Lotten now whispered, since it was the short one that had won, and she had recognized him.
    • 1931, Hjalmar Bergman, Clownen Jac
      Kortaste avståndet mellan två punkter är den krokiga linjen, ju krokigare, desto kortare.
      The shortest distance between two points is the crooked line, the more crooked, the shorter.
Declension
Declension of kort
Inflections of
kort		 Absolute Comparative Superlative
Attributive Predicative
Indefinite
singular		 Common kort kortare kortast
Neuter kort
Definite
singular		 Masc. korte kortaste
All korta kortaste
Plural korta kortaste
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • korthet
  • kortbyxor

Etymology 2

Probably from Danish kort (“a card”) or possibly from a not referenced Middle Low German word kort known in Low German, kort (“a card”).[1] Cognate with Icelandic kort (“a card, a map”) and Faroese kort (“a card, a map”), both from Old Norse kort (“a map”), a variant of the Latin words charta and carta.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kort n

  1. a card; a piece of stiff paper or plastic.
    • 1926, John Wahlborg, Sista resan
      Mannen räckte mig ett litet kort, varpå han nedskrivit namn och adress på en kvinna i Stockholm.
      The man gave me a small card on which he had written the name and address of a woman in Stockholm.
  2. a playing card
  3. a card game, a game involving playing cards
    Ska vi spela kort?
    Shall we play cards?
  4. photograph
Declension
Declension of kort
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kort kortet kort korten
genitive korts kortets korts kortens
Synonyms
Compounds
playing card
game

References

  1. ↑ 1.01.11.2 Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary", in Swedish)
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