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kvart

Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin quārtus (“fourth”), from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kvart (plural and definite singular attributive kvarte)

  1. a quarter of, quarter-

Inflection

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Inflection of kvart
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular kvart — —2
Indefinite neuter singular kvart — —2
Plural kvarte — —2
Definite attributive1 kvarte — —
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.

Noun

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kvart c (singular definite kvarten, plural indefinite kvarter)

  1. quarter (one of four equal parts)
    Synonym: fjerdedel c
  2. (music) fourth (interval)
  3. quarto (book size, paper size)
  4. (fencing) quarte

Inflection

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Declension of kvart
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvart kvarten kvarter kvarterne
genitive kvarts kvartens kvarters kvarternes

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin quartus.

Adjective

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kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)

  1. a quarter of
    en kvart kilo ― a quarter (of a) kilo

Noun

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kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvarter, definite plural kvartene)

  1. a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    kvart over ― quarter past
    kvart på ― quarter to
  2. a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin quartus.

Adjective

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kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)

  1. a quarter of
    ein kvart kilo ― a quarter (of a) kilo

Noun

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kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvartar, definite plural kvartane)

  1. a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    kvart over ― quarter past
    kvart på ― quarter to
  2. a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)
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Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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kvart

  1. neuter singular of kvar

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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse hvart, from hvar (“where”) (whence kvar) + at (“to”) (whence åt). Cognate with Icelandic hvert and Swedish vart.

Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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kvart

  1. whither, whereto
    kvart skal eg gå?
    whither am I to walk?

References

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  • “kvart”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “kvart” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From German Quart.

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Noun

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kvȁrt m (Cyrillic spelling ква̏рт)

  1. neighborhood, area

Declension

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Declension of kvart
singular plural
nominative kvȁrt kvàrtovi
genitive kvarta kvartova
dative kvartu kvartovima
accusative kvart kvartove
vocative kvarte kvartovi
locative kvartu kvartovima
instrumental kvartom kvartovima

Slavomolisano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian quarto.

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Noun

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kvart m

  1. part of something
    • 2010, Luigi Peca, La guerre à Acquaviva:
      Na jena kvart, di jimahma kobilu, ne biša več hiža, bi sa sfunala.
      In one part, where we had the mare, the house wasn’t there anymore, it had collapsed.

Declension

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    declension of kvart (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)
singular plural
nominative kvart
 kvarta
genitive kvarta
 kvarti
dative kvartu
 kvarti
accusative kvart
 kvarta
locative kvartu
 kvarta
instrumental kvartom, kvartam
 kvarti

References

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  • Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Swedish

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Etymology

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From French quart, from Latin quartus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeturtos ~ *kʷetwr̥tos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kvɑːrt/, [kv̥ɑ̹ːʈ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʈ

Noun

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kvart c

  1. (normally used in genitive: kvarts) a quarter (one of four equal parts)
    Helsingfors har en och en kvarts miljon invånare.
    Helsinki has one and a quarter million inhabitants.
  2. a quarter of an hour, 15 minutes
  3. (colloquial) a (small, shabby) lodging, often an apartment

Declension

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Declension of kvart 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kvart kvarten kvartar kvartarna
Genitive kvarts kvartens kvartars kvartarnas
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