Kurt

See also: kurt, Kürt, kürt, kúrt, and kűrt

English

Alternative forms

• Curt

Etymology

From German Kurt.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɝt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɜːt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
• Homophone: curt

Proper noun

Kurt

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.

Anagrams

• Truk, Turk, Turk., Túrk, Türk

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Kurt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾt/
• Rhymes: -uɾt

Noun

Kurt m (definite Kurti)

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Kurtaj

 

References

• Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 70a

Danish

Etymology

From Low German Kurt.

Proper noun

Kurt

1. a male given name

References

• [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 27 632 males with the given name Kurt have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Faroese

Etymology

From Middle Low German Kurt, a contraction of Konrad.

Proper noun

Kurt m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

• son of Kurt: Kurtsson
• daughter of Kurt: Kurtsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Kurt
Accusative	Kurt
Dative	Kurti
Genitive	Kurts

German

Etymology

A medieval short form of Konrad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊʁt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊʁt

Proper noun

Kurt

1. a male given name

Norwegian

Proper noun

Kurt

1. a male given name of German origin

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Curt

Etymology

From Middle Low German Kurt, a contraction of Konrad. First recorded in Sweden as Curt in 1639.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Kurt c (genitive Kurts)

1. a male given name

   Synonym: (diminutive) Kurre

Derived terms

• Kurre (“diminutive; given name”)

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 27 986 males with the given name Kurt living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• krut, turk

Turkish

Etymology

From kurt (“wolf”).

Proper noun

Kurt

1. a male given name
2. a surname