kandidat

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See also: Kandidat, kandidát, and kandîdat

Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Noun

kandidat m (plural kandidatë, definite kandidati, definite plural kandidatët)

  1. candidate

Declension

Declension of kandidat
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kandidat kandidatë kandidati kandidatët
accusative kandidatin
dative kandidati kandidatëve kandidatit kandidatëvet
ablative kandidatësh

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Noun

kandidat c (singular definite kandidaten, plural indefinite kandidater)

  1. candidate (someone who is up for consideration for a title, office, etc.)
  2. a person who holds a master's degree

Declension

Declension of kandidat
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kandidat kandidaten kandidater kandidaterne
genitive kandidats kandidatens kandidaters kandidaternes

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kandidaat (“candidate”), from French candidat, from Latin candidātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈdi.dat̚/
  • Hyphenation: kan‧di‧dat

Noun

kandidat (first-person possessive kandidatku, second-person possessive kandidatmu, third-person possessive kandidatnya)

  1. candidate
    Synonym: calon

Further reading

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kandydat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈdidat/
  • Syllabification: kan‧di‧dat

Noun

kandidat m pers (female equivalent kandidatka, related adjective kandidacczi)

  1. candidate (a person who is applying for a job)

Declension

Declension of kandidat
singular plural
nominative kandidat kandidacë
genitive kandidata kandidatów
dative kandidatow kandidatóm
accusative kandidata kandidatów
instrumental kandidatã kandidatama
locative kandidace kandidatach
vocative kandidace kandidacë

Derived terms

nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “kądédôt”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎ (in Kashubian), page 70
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kandydat”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1-2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kandydat”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • “kandidat”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Noun

kandidat m (definite singular kandidaten, indefinite plural kandidater, definite plural kandidatene)

  1. candidate; applicant
  2. examinee
  3. graduate
  4. (hospitals) house officer; house surgeon

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Pronunciation

Noun

kandidat m (definite singular kandidaten, indefinite plural kandidatar, definite plural kandidatane)

  1. candidate; applicant
  2. examinee
  3. graduate
  4. (hospitals) house officer; house surgeon

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kandǐdaːt/
  • Hyphenation: kan‧di‧dat

Noun

kandìdāt m (Cyrillic spelling кандѝда̄т)

  1. candidate; applicant

Declension

Declension of kandidat
singular plural
nominative kandìdāt kandidati
genitive kandidáta kandidata
dative kandidatu kandidatima
accusative kandidata kandidate
vocative kandidate kandidati
locative kandidatu kandidatima
instrumental kandidatom kandidatima

Swedish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidātus, attested from 1680.

Noun

kandidat c

  1. a candidate (available for election)
  2. a bachelor (college degree)
    fil. kand. = filosofie kandidat
    Bachelor of Art

Declension

Declension of kandidat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kandidat kandidaten kandidater kandidaterna
Genitive kandidats kandidatens kandidaters kandidaternas

Related terms

References

  1. ^ kandidat in Svensk ordbok.
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