kort
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch kort, from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)
Derived terms edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort.
Adjective edit
kort (plural and definite singular attributive korte)
Inflection edit
Inflection of kort | |||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | kort | kortere | kortest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | kort | kortere | kortest2 |
Plural | korte | kortere | kortest2 |
Definite attributive1 | korte | kortere | korteste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Adverb edit
kort
References edit
- “kort,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Low German kort, German Karte, from French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτη (khártē).
Noun edit
kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)
Declension edit
See also edit
Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
es | toer | treer | firer | femmer | sekser | syver |
otter | nier | tier | knægt, bonde | dame, dronning | konge | joker |
References edit
- “kort,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt.
Adjective edit
kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)
Inflection edit
Inflection of kort | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | kort | |||
inflected | korte | |||
comparative | korter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | kort | korter | het kortst het kortste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | korte | kortere | kortste |
n. sing. | kort | korter | kortste | |
plural | korte | kortere | kortste | |
definite | korte | kortere | kortste | |
partitive | korts | korters | — |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
kort
- inflection of korten:
Anagrams edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kort, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)
Declension edit
Declension of kort | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kort | kortið | kort | kortini |
accusative | kort | kortið | kort | kortini |
dative | korti | kortinum | kortum | kortunum |
genitive | korts | kortsins | korta | kortanna |
Derived terms edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
kort
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kort
Iban edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kort
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From the Old Norse word kort (“a map”), from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta (“papyrus, paper”). Related to Danish kort (“a map”) and German Karte (“a card; a map”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kort n (genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)
- map
- Synonym: landakort
- postcard, card
- Synonyms: póstkort, bréfspjald
- debit card
- Synonym: debetkort
- credit card
- Synonyms: kreditkort, greiðslukort
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- út úr kortinu (“beyond the pale, out of the question”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr.
Adjective edit
kort (neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortere, indefinite plural kortest, definite plural korteste)
- short
- på kort sikt ― in the short term
- på kort varsel ― at short notice
- brief
- (as an adverb) briefly, shortly (etter (“after”))
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from German Low German kort, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).
Noun edit
kort n (definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta or kortene)
- a card
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
kort
- imperative of korte
References edit
- “kort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr.
Adjective edit
kort (neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortare, indefinite superlative kortast, definite superlative kortaste)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”), via Latin charta and German Low German kort.
Noun edit
kort n (definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, from cohors. Doublet of kohorta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kort m inan
- court (place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.[1] Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian Bokmål kort.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kort (comparative kortare, superlative kortast)
- short
- Antonym: lång
- 1901, Zacharias Topelius, Noveller[1]:
- Thomas! Thomas! [...]viskade nu Lotten, ty det var den korte som segrat, och hon hade igenkänt honom.
- Thomas! Thomas! Lotten now whispered, since it was the short one that had won, and she had recognized him.
- 1931, Hjalmar Bergman, Clownen Jac[2]:
- Kortaste avståndet mellan två punkter är den krokiga linjen, ju krokigare, desto kortare.
- The shortest distance between two points is the crooked line, the more crooked, the shorter.
Declension edit
Inflection of kort | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | kort | kortare | kortast |
Neuter singular | kort | kortare | kortast |
Plural | korta | kortare | kortast |
Masculine plural3 | korte | kortare | kortast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | korte | kortare | kortaste |
All | korta | kortare | kortaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from Danish kort (“a card”) or possibly from a not referenced Middle Low German word kort known in Low German, kort (“a card”).[1] Cognate with Icelandic kort (“a card, a map”) and Faroese kort (“a card, a map”), both from Old Norse kort (“a map”), all based on a variant of the Latin words charta and carta.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kort n
- a card; a piece of stiff paper or plastic.
- 1926, John Wahlborg, Sista resan[3]:
- Mannen räckte mig ett litet kort, varpå han nedskrivit namn och adress på en kvinna i Stockholm.
- The man gave me a small card on which he had written the name and address of a woman in Stockholm.
- a playing card
- Synonym: spelkort
- a card game, a game involving playing cards
- Ska vi spela kort? ― Shall we play cards?
- photograph
Declension edit
Declension of kort | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kort | kortet | kort | korten |
Genitive | korts | kortets | korts | kortens |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: kortti
References edit
Further reading edit
- kort in Svensk ordbok.
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | kort | |
Definite accusative | kortu | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | kort | kortlar |
Definite accusative | kortu | kortları |
Dative | korta | kortlara |
Locative | kortta | kortlarda |
Ablative | korttan | kortlardan |
Genitive | kortun | kortların |