kaputt
English edit
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
kaputt (not comparable)
- 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)
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
Adjective edit
kaputt (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 edit
Positive 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
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Descendants edit
Further 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 edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from German kaputt.
Adjective edit
kaputt (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From French être capot, via German kaputt.
Adjective edit
kaputt (indeclinable)
References edit
- “kaputt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From French être capot, via German kaputt.
Adjective edit
kaputt (indeclinable)
References edit
- “kaputt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Plautdietsch edit
Adjective edit
kaputt
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
kaputt (not comparable)
- (colloquial) kaput (broken)
Usage notes edit
Uninflected.