kort

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

Adjective

kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)

1. short

Derived terms

• kortsigtig

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/, [ˈkʰɒːd̥]

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• Rhymes: -ʌɐ̯t

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kort, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort. Borrowed from Latin curtus.

Adjective

kort (plural and definite singular attributive korte)

1. short
2. brief

Inflection

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.

Adverb

kort

1. briefly
2. curtly
3. shortly

References

• “kort,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)

1. card
2. map, plan
3. chart

Inflection

Declension of kort

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

See also

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

• “kort,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

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• Hyphenation: kort
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)

1. short

Inflection

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

• korten
• kortdurend
• kortsluiten
• kortweg
• kortzichtig

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kort

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kort

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

Anagrams

• krot, trok

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔɻ̊ʈ/

Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

1. card
2. map

Declension

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

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

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

kort

1. second-person plural preterite of kiesen

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Hungarian

Etymology

kor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kort

1. accusative singular of kor

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Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse word kort (“a map”) whence also the Danish kort (“a map”) and German Karte (“a card; a map”). Old Norse kort from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin papyrus, paper, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper; a book”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I scratch, inscribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔr̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)

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

Declension

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

Synonyms

• (map): landakort
• (postcard): póstkort, bréfspjald
• (debit card): debetkort
• (credit card): kreditkort, greiðslukort

Derived terms

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʈ/
• Rhymes: -ɔʈ

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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 terms

Terms derived from kort (adjective)

• kortbukse
• kortform
• korthet

• kortlivet
• kortsiktig
• kortslutning

• kortslutte
• kortvarig
• kortvokst

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. a card

Derived terms

Terms derived from kort (noun)

• bryllupskort
• førerkort
• gavekort
• julekort
• kortstokk

• kredittkort
• kretskort
• medlemskort
• nøkkelkort
• postkort

• sesongkort
• takkekort
• trumfkort
• visittkort

Etymology 3

Verb

kort

1. imperative of korte

References

• “kort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

1. short

Derived terms

Terms derived from kort (adjective)

• kortbukse
• kortform

• kortsiktig
• kortslutning

• kortvarig

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. card

Derived terms

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

• postkort
• sesongkort
• takkekort
• trumfkort
• visittkort

References

• “kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

kort

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

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• Homophone: kord

Noun

kort m inan

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

Declension

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 reading

• kort in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus. Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian Bokmål kort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

• audio

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Adjective

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.

Declension

Inflection of kort
Indefinite	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 the predicative.

Antonyms

• lång

Derived terms

• korthet
• kortbyxor

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊrt/

Noun

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

Declension

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

playing card

• kortlek
• spelkort

game

• kortspel

Descendants

• → Finnish: kortti

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English court.

Noun

kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)

1. court

Declension

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