kort
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)
Derived termsEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of kort | |||
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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
ReferencesEdit
- “kort,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
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)
InflectionEdit
See alsoEdit
Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text) | ||||||
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ReferencesEdit
- “kort,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
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)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of kort | ||||
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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
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
kort
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of korten
- 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)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of kort | ||||
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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
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VerbEdit
kort
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kort
IcelandicEdit
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)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (map): landakort
- (postcard): póstkort, bréfspjald
- (debit card): debetkort
- (credit card): kreditkort, greiðslukort
Derived termsEdit
- út úr kortinu (beyond the pale, out of the question)
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)
- short
- på kort sikt - in the short term
- på kort varsel - at short notice
- brief
- (as an adverb) briefly, shortly (etter / after)
Derived termsEdit
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)
- a card
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
kort
- imperative of korte
ReferencesEdit
- “kort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
Derived termsEdit
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)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Latin cōrtem (accusative of cōrs), ultimately from cohors.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kort m inan
- court (place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court)
DeclensionEdit
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)
- 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.
- Thomas! Thomas! [...]viskade nu Lotten, ty det var den korte som segrat, och hon hade igenkänt honom.
- 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.
- Kortaste avståndet mellan två punkter är den krokiga linjen, ju krokigare, desto kortare.
- 1901, Zacharias Topelius, Noveller
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of kort | |||
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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
- 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.
- Mannen räckte mig ett litet kort, varpå han nedskrivit namn och adress på en kvinna i Stockholm.
- 1926, John Wahlborg, Sista resan
- a playing card
- a card game, a game involving playing cards
- Ska vi spela kort?
- Shall we play cards?
- photograph
DeclensionEdit
Declension of kort | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kort | kortet | kort | korten |
Genitive | korts | kortets | korts | kortens |
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- playing card
- game
DescendantsEdit
- → Finnish: kortti
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- kort in Svensk ordbok.
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||
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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 |