Wiktionary

kort

See also: Kort, KORT, KoRT, kórt, kòrt, kört, and kőrt

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch kort, from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)

  1. short

Derived termsEdit

DanishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kɔrt/, [ˈkʰɒːd̥]
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  • Rhymes: -ʌɐ̯t

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort.

AdjectiveEdit

kort (plural and definite singular attributive korte)

  1. short
  2. brief
InflectionEdit
Inflection of kort
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular kort kortere kortest2
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.

AdverbEdit

kort

  1. briefly
  2. curtly
  3. shortly

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed via Low German kort, German Karte, from French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτη (khártē).

NounEdit

kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)

  1. card
  2. map, plan
  3. chart
InflectionEdit
Declension 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

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.

AdjectiveEdit

kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)

  1. short
    Antonym: lang
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
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: kort
  • Negerhollands: kort, kot
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kort

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

kort

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

AnagramsEdit

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

  1. card
  2. map

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

kort

  1. second-person plural preterite of kiesen

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

kor +‎ -t

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

kort

  1. accusative singular of kor

IcelandicEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kort n (genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)

  1. map
  2. postcard, card
  3. debit card
  4. credit 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

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

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
Terms derived from kort (adjective)

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed 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. a card
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from kort (noun)

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

kort

  1. imperative of korte

ReferencesEdit

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
Terms derived from kort (adjective)

Etymology 2Edit

From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”), via Latin charta and German Low German kort

NounEdit

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

  1. card
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

 
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kort

EtymologyEdit

From English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Latin cōrtem (accusative of cōrs), ultimately from cohors.

PronunciationEdit

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

Further readingEdit

  • kort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kort in Polish dictionaries at PWN

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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 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
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

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”).[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]

PronunciationEdit

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
Declension of kort 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kort kortet kort korten
Genitive korts kortets korts kortens
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
playing card
game

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary", in Swedish)

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English court.

NounEdit

kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)

  1. court

DeclensionEdit

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
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