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Etymology

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From German kaputt (broken, out of order), from French capot (to be without a trick in the card game Piquet). Cognate to Dutch kapot. Doublet of capot and capote.

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Adjective

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kaput (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Out of order; not working.
    Synonyms: broken; see also Thesaurus:out of order
    My car went kaput.
    His career is kaput.
    Her marriage went kaput.
    • 1998, Saving Private Ryan (motion picture):
      German propaganda loudspeaker: [] The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT.
      Captain Miller: "The Statue of Liberty is kaput" – huh, that's disconcerting.
    • 2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In the book, his conclusion is simple: capitalism is kaput, celebrity charity won’t plug holes, revolution is the only solution. Yet it also feels like a bit of a cop-out: he insists all this can be achieved through love, peace and understanding.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From German kaputt (broken, out of order), from French capot (to be without a trick in the card game Piquet).

Adjective

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

  1. broken, dysfunctional

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German kaputt (broken, out of order), from French capot (to be without a trick in the card game Piquet).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑput/, [ˈkɑ̝put̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑput
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧put
  • Hyphenation(key): ka‧put

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kaput (not comparable) (informal)

  1. (predicative only) kaput

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Indeclinable

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kaput (not comparable) (colloquial)

  1. kaput

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Gurindji

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Noun

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kaput

  1. tomorrow

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Interjection

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kaput

  1. (colloquial) kaput, busted (out of order; not working; broken; tired)
    Synonyms: kampec, konyec, vége

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kaput (not generally comparable, comparative kaputabb, superlative legkaputabb)

  1. (colloquial, predicatively) kaput, busted (out of order; not working; broken; tired)
    Synonyms: bekrepált, bedöglött, betojt, tönkrement, elromlott
Declension
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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kaput kaputok
accusative kaputot kaputokat
dative kaputnak kaputoknak
instrumental kaputtal kaputokkal
causal-final kaputért kaputokért
translative kaputtá kaputokká
terminative kaputig kaputokig
essive-formal kaputként kaputokként
essive-modal
inessive kaputban kaputokban
superessive kaputon kaputokon
adessive kaputnál kaputoknál
illative kaputba kaputokba
sublative kaputra kaputokra
allative kaputhoz kaputokhoz
elative kaputból kaputokból
delative kaputról kaputokról
ablative kaputtól kaputoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
kaputé kaputoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
kaputéi kaputokéi

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kapu (gate) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

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kaput

  1. accusative singular of kapu
    Nyisd ki a kaput!Open the gate!

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Noun

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kaput (plural kaputok)

  1. (archaic) frock coat
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Possessive forms of kaput
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kaputom kaput{{{3}}}m
2nd person sing. kaputod kaput{{{3}}}d
3rd person sing. kaputa kaput{{{3}}}
1st person plural kaputunk kaput{{{3}}}nk
2nd person plural kaputotok kaput{{{3}}}tok
3rd person plural kaputuk kaput{{{3}}}k

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  • (kaput): kaput in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (frock coat): kaput in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

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Noun

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kaput

  1. friend

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German kaputt, from French être capot, from Old French capote, from cape, from Late Latin cappa.

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ut
  • Syllabification: ka‧put

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kaput

  1. kaput!

Further reading

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  • kaput in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Karol Mátyás (1891) “kaput”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 323

Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.ˈput/, [ka.ˈput]

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kaput

  1. companion; mate; partner

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian cappotto.

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

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kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀пӯт)

  1. coat

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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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Sundanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaput (to tie or clasp together; to button).

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kaput (Sundanese script ᮊᮕᮥᮒ᮪, active ngaput, passive dikaput)

  1. to sew

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاپوت (kaput), from French capote, ultimately from Latin caput (head), from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Doublet of şef.

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kaput (definite accusative kaputu, plural kaputlar)

  1. hood, bonnet (hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle)

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Declension of kaput
singular plural
nominative kaput kaputlar
definite accusative kaputu kaputları
dative kaputa kaputlara
locative kaputta kaputlarda
ablative kaputtan kaputlardan
genitive kaputun kaputların