kort

See also: KORT, KoRT, kórt, and kört

Contents

DanishEdit

Wikipedia ^da

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/, [kʰɒːd̥]

• Audio

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AdjectiveEdit

kort

1. short
2. brief

InflectionEdit

Inflection of kort
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	kort	kortere	kortest
Neuter singular	kort	kortere	kortest
Plural	korte	kortere	kortest
Definite	korte	kortere	korteste

AdverbEdit

kort

1. briefly
2. curtly
3. shortly

NounEdit

kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)

1. card
2. map
3. plan
4. chart

InflectionEdit

Inflection of kort

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kort	kortet	kort	kortene
genitive	korts	kortets	korts	kortenes

See alsoEdit

Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text)
es	toer	treer	firer	femmer	sekser	syver
otter	nier	tier	knægt, bonde	dame, dronning	konge	joker

ReferencesEdit

• “kort” in Den Danske Ordbog

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.

AdjectiveEdit

kort ‎(comparative korter, superlative kortst)

1. short

InflectionEdit

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 termsEdit

• korten
• kortdurend
• kortsluiten
• kortweg

Etymology 2Edit

Non-lemma forms.

VerbEdit

kort

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of korten
2. imperative of korten

AnagramsEdit

• krot, trok

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FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse kort, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης ‎(khártēs).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔɻ̊ʈ/

NounEdit

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

1. card
2. map

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

• gávukort
• koyrikort
• limakort
• landkort
• heimskort
• matkort

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GermanEdit

VerbEdit

kort

1. Second-person plural preterite of kiesen.

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

kor +‎ -t

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈkort]
• Hyphenation: kort

NounEdit

kort

1. accusative singular of kor

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IcelandicEdit

Wikipedia ^is

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EtymologyEdit

From the Old Norse word kort ‎(“a map”) whence also the Danish kort ‎(“a map”) and German Karte ‎(“a card; a map”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔr̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

NounEdit

kort n ‎(genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)

1. map
2. postcard, card

DeclensionEdit

declension of kort

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kort	kortið	kort	kortin
accusative	kort	kortið	kort	kortin
dative	korti	kortinu	kortum	kortunum
genitive	korts	kortsins	korta	kortanna

Derived termsEdit

• út úr kortinu (beyond the pale, out of the question)

SynonymsEdit

• landakort
• kort, bréfspjald

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔʈ/
• Rhymes: -ɔʈ

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr

AdjectiveEdit

kort ‎(neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortere, indefinite plural kortest, definite plural korteste)

1. short

   på kort sikt - in the short term

   på kort varsel - at short notice

2. brief
3. (as an adverb) briefly, shortly (etter / after)

Derived termsEdit

• kortbukse
• kortlivet
• kortsiktig

• kortslutte
• kortvarig
• kortvokst

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowing from German Low German kort, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης ‎(khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

NounEdit

kort n ‎(definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta or kortene)

1. card

Derived termsEdit

• bryllupskort
• førerkort
• gavekort
• julekort
• kredittkort
• kretskort
• medlemskort

• nøkkelkort
• postkort
• sesongkort
• takkekort
• trumfkort
• visittkort

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

kort

1. imperative of korte

ReferencesEdit

• “kort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr

AdjectiveEdit

kort ‎(neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortare, indefinite superlative kortast, definite superlative kortaste)

1. short

Derived termsEdit

• kortbukse
• kortsiktig
• kortvarig

Etymology 2Edit

From Ancient Greek "khartes", via Latin charta and German Low German kort

NounEdit

kort n ‎(definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta)

1. card

Derived termsEdit

• jolekort, julekort
• kredittkort
• kretskort
• medlemskort
• nykelkort, nøkkelkort

• postkort
• sesongkort
• takkekort
• trumfkort
• visittkort

ReferencesEdit

• “kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PolishEdit

kort

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt̪/

• Audio

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• Audio

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• Homophone: kord

NounEdit

kort m inan

1. court (place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court)

DeclensionEdit

declension of kort

	singular	plural
nominative	kort	korty
genitive	kortu	kortów
dative	kortowi	kortom
accusative	kort	korty
instrumental	kortem	kortami
locative	korcie	kortach
vocative	korcie	korty

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SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Low German kort, an early borrowing from Latin curtus. Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian kort.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

• audio

  (file)

AdjectiveEdit

kort (comparative kortare, superlative kortast)

1. short
   • 1901, Zacharias Topelius, Noveller

     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

     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.

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of kort
Indefinite/attributive	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	kort	kortare	kortast
Neuter singular	kort	kortare	kortast
Plural	korta	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 an attributive role.

AntonymsEdit

• lång

Derived termsEdit

• korthet
• kortbyxor

Etymology 2Edit

Probably from Danish kort ‎(“a card”) or possibly from a not referenced Middle Low German word kort known in Low German, kort ‎(“a card”). Cognate with Icelandic kort ‎(“a card, a map”) and Faroese kort ‎(“a card, a map”), both from Old Norse kort ‎(“a map”), a variant of the Latin words charta and carta.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kʊrt/

NounEdit

kort n

1. a card; a piece of stiff paper or plastic.
   • 1926, John Wahlborg, Sista resan

     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.

2. a playing card
3. a card game, a game involving playing cards

   Ska vi spela kort?‎

   Shall we play cards?

4. photograph

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of kort
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kort	kortet	kort	korten
Genitive	korts	kortets	korts	kortens

SynonymsEdit

• (photograph): foto, fotografi
• (playing card): spelkort

CompoundsEdit

playing card

• kortlek
• spelkort

game

• kortspel

ReferencesEdit