English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

kaputt (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of kaput

French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German kaputt, itself from French capot.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

kaputt (invariable)

  1. kaput, out of order
  2. dead

German edit

Etymology edit

17th century, from French être capot (“not having won any trick in a card game”, as in German schwarz sein). Further origin uncertain. Compare Dutch kapot.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaˈpʊt/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧putt

Adjective edit

kaputt (strong nominative masculine singular kaputter, comparative kaputter, superlative am kaputtesten)

  1. (slightly informal) destroyed, broken, out of order
    Synonyms: defekt, außer Betrieb, außer Funktion, funktionsunfähig
  2. (colloquial) tired, exhausted

Usage notes edit

  • The main sense has become normal in most registers, including literary and media language, but it is still usually avoided in officialese and other highly formal contexts.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: kapoet
  • English: kaput
  • French: kaputt
  • Russian: капут (kaput)

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from German kaputt.

Adjective edit

kaputt (invariable)

  1. kaput

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From French être capot, via German kaputt.

Adjective edit

kaputt (indeclinable)

  1. kaput

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From French être capot, via German kaputt.

Adjective edit

kaputt (indeclinable)

  1. kaput

References edit

Plautdietsch edit

Adjective edit

kaputt

  1. out of order, broken, kaputt

Swedish edit

Adjective edit

kaputt (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) kaput (broken)

Usage notes edit

Uninflected.

References edit