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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

defekt m inan

  1. defect
    Synonym: vada

Declension

Declension of defekt (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative defekt defekty
genitive defektu defektů
dative defektu defektům
accusative defekt defekty
vocative defekte defekty
locative defektu defektech
instrumental defektem defekty

Further reading

  • “defekt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “defekt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “defekt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

From Latin dēfectus.

Adjective

defekt

  1. defective

Inflection

Inflection of defekt
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular defekt mere defekt mest defekt2
indefinite neuter singular defekt mere defekt mest defekt2
plural defekte mere defekt mest defekt2
definite attributive1 defekte mere defekt mest defekte

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

defekt c (singular definite defekten, plural indefinite defekter)

  1. an undesirable quality; a defect.

Inflection

Declension of defekt
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative defekt defekten defekter defekterne
genitive defekts defektens defekters defekternes

References

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin defectus, from dēficiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈfɛkt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧fekt

Adjective

defekt (strong nominative masculine singular defekter, comparative defekter, superlative am defektesten)

  1. (formal) broken, out of order
    Synonym: kaputt

Declension

Positive forms of defekt
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist defekt sie ist defekt es ist defekt sie sind defekt
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative defekter defekte defektes defekte
genitive defekten defekter defekten defekter
dative defektem defekter defektem defekten
accusative defekten defekte defektes defekte
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der defekte die defekte das defekte die defekten
genitive des defekten der defekten des defekten der defekten
dative dem defekten der defekten dem defekten den defekten
accusative den defekten die defekte das defekte die defekten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein defekter eine defekte ein defektes (keine) defekten
genitive eines defekten einer defekten eines defekten (keiner) defekten
dative einem defekten einer defekten einem defekten (keinen) defekten
accusative einen defekten eine defekte ein defektes (keine) defekten
Comparative forms of defekt
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist defekter sie ist defekter es ist defekter sie sind defekter
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative defekterer defektere defekteres defektere
genitive defekteren defekterer defekteren defekterer
dative defekterem defekterer defekterem defekteren
accusative defekteren defektere defekteres defektere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der defektere die defektere das defektere die defekteren
genitive des defekteren der defekteren des defekteren der defekteren
dative dem defekteren der defekteren dem defekteren den defekteren
accusative den defekteren die defektere das defektere die defekteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein defekterer eine defektere ein defekteres (keine) defekteren
genitive eines defekteren einer defekteren eines defekteren (keiner) defekteren
dative einem defekteren einer defekteren einem defekteren (keinen) defekteren
accusative einen defekteren eine defektere ein defekteres (keine) defekteren
Superlative forms of defekt
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am defektesten sie ist am defektesten es ist am defektesten sie sind am defektesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative defektester defekteste defektestes defekteste
genitive defektesten defektester defektesten defektester
dative defektestem defektester defektestem defektesten
accusative defektesten defekteste defektestes defekteste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der defekteste die defekteste das defekteste die defektesten
genitive des defektesten der defektesten des defektesten der defektesten
dative dem defektesten der defektesten dem defektesten den defektesten
accusative den defektesten die defekteste das defekteste die defektesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein defektester eine defekteste ein defektestes (keine) defektesten
genitive eines defektesten einer defektesten eines defektesten (keiner) defektesten
dative einem defektesten einer defektesten einem defektesten (keinen) defektesten
accusative einen defektesten eine defekteste ein defektestes (keine) defektesten

Further reading

  • “defekt” in Duden online
  • “defekt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “defekt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Defekt. [1]

Pronunciation

Noun

defekt (plural defektek)

  1. flat tire

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative defekt defektek
accusative defektet defekteket
dative defektnek defekteknek
instrumental defekttel defektekkel
causal-final defektért defektekért
translative defektté defektekké
terminative defektig defektekig
essive-formal defektként defektekként
essive-modal — —
inessive defektben defektekben
superessive defekten defekteken
adessive defektnél defekteknél
illative defektbe defektekbe
sublative defektre defektekre
allative defekthez defektekhez
elative defektből defektekből
delative defektről defektekről
ablative defekttől defektektől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		defekté defekteké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		defektéi defektekéi
Possessive forms of defekt
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. defektem defektjeim
2nd person sing. defekted defektjeid
3rd person sing. defektje defektjei
1st person plural defektünk defektjeink
2nd person plural defektetek defektjeitek
3rd person plural defektjük defektjeik

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • defekt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • defekt in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin defectus.

Adjective

defekt (neuter singular defekt, definite singular and plural defekte)

  1. defective, faulty

Noun

defekt m (definite singular defekten, indefinite plural defekter, definite plural defektene)

  1. a defect

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin defectus.

Adjective

defekt (neuter singular defekt, definite singular and plural defekte)

  1. defective, faulty

Noun

defekt m (definite singular defekten, indefinite plural defektar, definite plural defektane)

  1. a defect

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēfectus.

Pronunciation

Noun

defekt m inan

  1. defect (fault or malfunction)
    Synonyms: uszkodzenie, wada

Declension

Declension of defekt
singular plural
nominative defekt defekty
genitive defektu defektów
dative defektowi defektom
accusative defekt defekty
instrumental defektem defektami
locative defekcie defektach
vocative defekcie defekty

Derived terms

(adjective):

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin defectus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /děfekt/
  • Hyphenation: de‧fekt

Noun

dèfekt, defȅkt m (Cyrillic spelling дѐфект, дефе̏кт)

  1. defect, flaw

Declension

Declension of defekt
singular plural
nominative dèfekt defekti
genitive defekta dèfekātā
dative defektu defektima
accusative defekt defekte
vocative defekte defekti
locative defektu defektima
instrumental defektom defektima

References

  • “defekt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Adjective

defekt

  1. defective (having one or more defects)

Declension

Inflection of defekt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular defekt — —
neuter singular defekt — —
plural defekta — —
masculine plural2 defekte — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 defekte — —
all defekta — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

defekt c

  1. a defect

Declension

Declension of defekt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite defekt defekts
definite defekten defektens
plural indefinite defekter defekters
definite defekterna defekternas

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia