direkt

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German

Etymology

From Latin dīrectus (laid straight, upright).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈʁɛkt/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪʁɛkt/ (some speakers, especially Austro-Bavarian)
  • IPA(key): /dʁɛk(t)/ (colloquial contraction, chiefly adverb)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧rekt

Adjective

direkt (strong nominative masculine singular direkter, comparative direkter, superlative am direktesten)

  1. direct, straight, without deviation or interruption
    Synonyms: unmittelbar, gradewegs, ohne Umschweife, persönlich
    Antonyms: indirekt, mittelbar
    direkte DemokratieDirect democracy
    direkter KontaktDirect contact
  2. direct, candid, forthright (of a person, conversation)

Declension

Related terms

Adverb

direkt

  1. directly

Further reading

  • direkt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • direkt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German direkt, from Latin directus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

direkt (comparative direktebb, superlative legdirektebb)

  1. direct, straightforward, forthright
    Synonyms: közvetlen, egyenes, nyílt

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative direkt direktek
accusative direktet direkteket
dative direktnek direkteknek
instrumental direkttel direktekkel
causal-final direktért direktekért
translative direktté direktekké
terminative direktig direktekig
essive-formal direktként direktekként
essive-modal
inessive direktben direktekben
superessive direkten direkteken
adessive direktnél direkteknél
illative direktbe direktekbe
sublative direktre direktekre
allative direkthez direktekhez
elative direktből direktekből
delative direktről direktekről
ablative direkttől direktektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
direkté direkteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
direktéi direktekéi

Adverb

direkt

  1. (slightly informal) on purpose, deliberately
    Synonyms: szándékosan, szántszándékkal
    Antonym: véletlenül
  2. specially, specifically, expressly, explicitly
    Synonyms: kifejezetten, kimondottan, külön

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

  • direkt 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
  • direkt in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

direkt (comparative direktare, superlative direktast)

  1. direct
  2. direct, frank, outspoken
  3. immediate

Declension

Inflection of direkt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular direkt direktare direktast
Neuter singular direkt direktare direktast
Plural direkta direktare direktast
Masculine plural3 direkte direktare direktast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 direkte direktare direktaste
All direkta direktare direktaste
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

Adverb

direkt (comparative direktare, superlative direktast)

  1. directly
    flyga direkt från Köpenhamn till New York
    fly directly from Copenhagen to New york
  2. immediately
    Vänta inte! Gör det direkt.
    Don't wait! Do it immediately.
  3. (idiomatic, in "inte direkt") not exactly (really not)
    Maten var inte direkt översaltad
    The food wasn't exactly oversalted (had too little salt)

References

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

From French direct, from directement.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ɾɛct/
  • IPA(key): /di.ɾɛc/ (informal, very common)

Adverb

direkt

  1. directly, straight
    Synonyms: direktman, doğrudan