kaput

See also: kaputt

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• kaputt

EtymologyEdit

From German kaputt, though more often rendered kaput in English; via Yiddish קאַפּוט‎ (kaput, “lost, dead”). The same word has also been borrowed by many other languages, with approximately the same meaning.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpuːt/

AdjectiveEdit

kaput (not comparable)

1. (slang) Out of order; not working; broken.

   My car is kaput.

   His career is kaput.

   Her marriage is kaput.

   • 1998, Saving Private Ryan

     German propaganda loudspeaker: (...) The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT.
     Captain Miller: "The Statue of Liberty is kaput" – huh, that's disconcerting.

TranslationsEdit

out of order

• Afrikaans: kapoet
• Catalan: caput (ca)
• Danish: kaput
• Dutch: kapot (nl)
• Finnish: kaput
• French: fini (fr) m, capout (fr)
• German: kaputt (de)
• Kyrgyz: өлүм (ky) (ölüm), өлүү (ky) (ölüü), жок болуу (ky) (cok boluu), куруп кетүү (ky) (kurup ketüü)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaputt

  Nynorsk: kaputt

• Portuguese: enguiçado m
• Romanian: stricat (ro), distrus (ro)
• Russian: капу́т (ru) (kapút) (colloquial)
• Swedish: kaputt (sv)
• Yiddish: קאַפּוט‎‎ (kaput)

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DanishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

kaput (neuter kaput, plural and definite singular attributive kaput)

1. broken, dysfunctional

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

kapu +‎ -t

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒput]
• Hyphenation: ka‧put

NounEdit

kaput

1. accusative singular of kapu

   Nyisd ki a kaput! ― Open the gate!

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian cappotto.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kǎpuːt/
• Hyphenation: ka‧put

NounEdit

kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀пӯт)

1. coat

DeclensionEdit

Declension of kaput

	singular	plural
nominative	kàpūt	kaputi
genitive	kapúta	kaputa
dative	kaputu	kaputima
accusative	kaput	kapute
vocative	kapute	kaputi
locative	kaputu	kaputima
instrumental	kaputom	kaputima

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SundaneseEdit

VerbEdit

kaput

1. to sew