kaput

See also: kaputt

Contents

English

Alternative forms

• kaputt

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpuːt/

Adjective

kaput (not comparable)

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

   My car went kaput.

   His career is kaput.

   Her marriage went 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.

Derived terms

• kapoof
• kaputness

Translations

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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Danish

Adjective

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

1. broken, dysfunctional

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Hungarian

Etymology

kapu +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kaput

1. accusative singular of kapu

   Nyisd ki a kaput! ― Open the gate!

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Kavalan

Noun

kaput

1. friend

Synonyms

• luksan

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian cappotto.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀пӯт)

1. coat

Declension

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

See also

• mantil

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Sundanese

Verb

kaput

1. to sew