kaputt
English
editPronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Adjective
editkaputt (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of kaput
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German kaputt, itself from French capot.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editkaputt (invariable)
German
editEtymology
edit17th 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
editAdjective
editkaputt (strong nominative masculine singular kaputter, comparative kaputter, superlative am kaputtesten)
- (slightly informal) destroyed, broken, out of order
- Synonyms: defekt, außer Betrieb, außer Funktion, funktionsunfähig
- (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
editPositive forms of kaputt
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist kaputt | sie ist kaputt | es ist kaputt | sie sind kaputt | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | kaputter | kaputte | kaputtes | kaputte |
genitive | kaputten | kaputter | kaputten | kaputter | |
dative | kaputtem | kaputter | kaputtem | kaputten | |
accusative | kaputten | kaputte | kaputtes | kaputte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der kaputte | die kaputte | das kaputte | die kaputten |
genitive | des kaputten | der kaputten | des kaputten | der kaputten | |
dative | dem kaputten | der kaputten | dem kaputten | den kaputten | |
accusative | den kaputten | die kaputte | das kaputte | die kaputten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein kaputter | eine kaputte | ein kaputtes | (keine) kaputten |
genitive | eines kaputten | einer kaputten | eines kaputten | (keiner) kaputten | |
dative | einem kaputten | einer kaputten | einem kaputten | (keinen) kaputten | |
accusative | einen kaputten | eine kaputte | ein kaputtes | (keine) kaputten |
Comparative forms of kaputt
Superlative forms of kaputt
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “kaputt” in Duden online
- “kaputt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “kaputt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 355
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from German kaputt.
Adjective
editkaputt (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom French être capot, via German kaputt.
Adjective
editkaputt (indeclinable)
References
edit- “kaputt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom French être capot, via German kaputt.
Adjective
editkaputt (indeclinable)
References
edit- “kaputt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Plautdietsch
editAdjective
editkaputt
Swedish
editAdjective
editkaputt (not comparable)
- (colloquial) kaput (broken)
Usage notes
editUninflected.
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