kort

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/

• Audio

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Adjective

kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)

1. short

Derived terms

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

kort

Wikipedia ^da

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/,

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ʌɐ̯t

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

Adverb

kort

1. briefly
2. curtly
3. shortly

References

• “kort,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• “kort,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kort
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

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

Inflection

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

• krot, trok

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔɻ̊ʈ/

Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

1. card
2. map

Declension

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

kort

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

Hungarian

Etymology

kor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: kort

Noun

kort

1. accusative singular of kor

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English court.

Noun

kort

1. (law) court; tribunal

Icelandic

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

kort

Wikipedia ^is

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

póstkort

Wikipedia ^is

Etymology

From the Old Norse word 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

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔr̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔʈ/
• Rhymes: -ɔʈ

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

   på kort sikt ― in the short term

   på kort varsel ― at 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

• “kort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• “kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

kort

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English court. Doublet of kohorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrt
• Syllabification: kort
• Homophone: kord

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. Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian Bokmål kort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

• audio

  (file)

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

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”). 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊrt/

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

Descendants

• → Finnish: kortti

References

Further reading

• kort in Svensk ordbok.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English court.

Noun

kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)

1. court

Declension