kort

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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/
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Adjective

kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)

  1. short

Inflection

Derived terms

Danish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort.

Adjective

kort (plural and definite singular attributive korte)

  1. short
  2. brief
Inflection
Inflection of kort
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular kort kortere kortest2
indefinite 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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from 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
Declension

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt.

Adjective

kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)

  1. short
    Antonym: lang
Declension
Declension 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
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kort
  • Negerhollands: kort, kot
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kort

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kort

  1. inflection of korten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

  1. card
  2. map

Declension

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

German

Pronunciation

Verb

kort

  1. second-person plural preterite of kiesen
  2. second-person plural preterite of küren

Hungarian

Etymology

kor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

Noun

kort

  1. accusative singular of kor

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English court.

Noun

kort

  1. (law) court; tribunal

Icelandic

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kort (a map), from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta (papyrus, paper). Related to Danish kort (a map) and German Karte (a card; a map).

Pronunciation

Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)

  1. map
    Synonym: landakort
  2. postcard, card
    Synonyms: póstkort, bréfspjald
  3. debit card
    Synonym: debetkort
  4. credit card
    Synonyms: kreditkort, greiðslukort

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

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
    kort siktin the short term
    kort varselat short notice
  2. brief
  3. (as an adverb) briefly, shortly (etter (after))
Derived terms

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

Etymology 3

Verb

kort

  1. imperative of korte

References

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

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

References

Polish

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kort

Etymology

Borrowed from English court. Doublet of kohorta.

Pronunciation

Noun

kort m inan

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

Declension

Further reading

  • kort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kort in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • kort in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.[1] Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian Bokmål kort.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kort (comparative kortare, superlative kortast)

  1. short
    Antonym: lång
    • 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 superlative1
common singular kort kortare kortast
neuter singular kort kortare kortast
plural korta kortare kortast
masculine plural2 korte kortare kortast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 korte kortare kortaste
all korta kortare kortaste

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.

Derived terms

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).[1] Cognate with Icelandic kort (a card, a map) and Faroese kort (a card, a map), both from Old Norse kort (a map), all based on a variant of the Latin words charta and carta.[1]

Pronunciation

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
    Synonym: spelkort
  3. a card game, a game involving playing cards
    Ska vi spela kort?Shall we play cards?
  4. photograph
    Synonyms: foto, fotografi
Declension
Derived terms
playing card
game
Descendants

References

Further reading

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