punkt

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech punkt, from Latin pūnctum.

Pronunciation

Noun

punkt m inan

  1. (archaic) point, dot
  2. period, full stop (diacritic mark)

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

  • punkt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • punkt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German punct, punt from Latin pūnctum (point), the neuter of the participle of pungere (to puncture). The Low German word was also borrowed to late Old Norse punktr and Swedish punktr.

Pronunciation

Noun

punkt n (singular definite punktet, plural indefinite punkter)

  1. dot
  2. point (in space, on some scale or in some mathematical space)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Estonian

Noun

punkt (genitive punkti, partitive punkti)

  1. article (of clothing)
  2. dot, point
  3. item
  4. period, full stop

Declension

Declension of punkt (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative punkt punktid
accusative nom.
gen. punkti
genitive punktide
partitive punkti punkte
punktisid
illative punkti
punktisse
punktidesse
punktesse
inessive punktis punktides
punktes
elative punktist punktidest
punktest
allative punktile punktidele
punktele
adessive punktil punktidel
punktel
ablative punktilt punktidelt
punktelt
translative punktiks punktideks
punkteks
terminative punktini punktideni
essive punktina punktidena
abessive punktita punktideta
comitative punktiga punktidega

Further reading

  • punkt”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Icelandic

Noun

punkt m

  1. indefinite accusative singular of punktur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse punktr, from Middle Low German punct, punt, from Latin pūnctum (point, puncture, moment), from pūnctus (pricked, punctured), perfect passive participle of pungō (I prick, puncture, punch), from Proto-Italic *pungō (to prick, sting), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (to prick, punch).

Noun

punkt n (definite singular punktet, indefinite plural punkt or punkter, definite plural punkta or punktene)

  1. (generally) point
  2. a dot (also in Braille: a raised dot)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse punktr.

Noun

punkt n (definite singular punktet, indefinite plural punkt, definite plural punkta)

  1. (generally) point
  2. a dot (also in Braille: a raised dot)

Derived terms

References

Old Czech

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūnctum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpunkt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpunkt/

Noun

punkt m inan

  1. point, degree, unit
  2. (administration) point; paragraph

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: punkt

References

Polish

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Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -uŋkt
  • Syllabification: punkt

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin pūnctum.[1][2][3] First attested in 1566.[4][5] Doublet of puenta.

Noun

punkt m inan (diminutive punkcik, abbreviation p. or pkt)

  1. point (discernable dot against a background of other things)
    Near-synonym: kropka
  2. (mathematics, sciences) point (zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction)
  3. point (place designated for a particular task)
    Synonym: miejsce
  4. point (stage of some action)
  5. point (element of a list)
  6. (literary) point (part of a written or oral statement)
  7. (board games, sports, video games) point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
  8. point (distinguishing quality or characteristic)
  9. (editorial) point (basic unit of measurement of the length or size of fonts and other elements used in printing, approximately equal to, depending on the calculation system used, from 0.35 to 0.37 millimeters)
  10. point (position on an issue)
  11. point (spatial or temporal border)
  12. (obsolete) task
    Synonym: zadanie
  13. (obsolete) order, command
    Synonym: rozkaz
  14. (obsolete, anatomy) duct, particularly tear duct
  15. (obsolete, cartography) cardinal direction
  16. (obsolete, billiards) hole on a billiards table
  17. (obsolete) bay
    Synonyms: haf, zatoka
  18. (Middle Polish) section of text; paragraph; article
  19. (Middle Polish) issue, affair, matter, business, thing
    Synonyms: kwestia, rzecz, sprawa
Declension
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adverb
idiom
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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), punkt is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 128 times in scientific texts, 54 times in news, 73 times in essays, 13 times in fiction, and 16 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 284 times, making it the 179th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of punkt w punkt.[7] First attested in the 19th century.[8]

Adverb

punkt (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) on the dot (exactly at a particular hour, neither earlier nor later)
    Synonym: punktualnie

References

  1. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “punkt”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “punkt”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “punkt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “punkt”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  5. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “punkt I”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  6. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “punkt”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 478
  7. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “punkt II”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  8. ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “punkt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 434

Further reading

  • punkt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • punkt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • PUNKT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 03.06.2009
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “punkt”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “punkt”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Punkt.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /pûnkt/

Noun

pȕnkt m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏нкт)

  1. (regional) dot
  2. (regional) place
  3. (regional) spot
  4. (regional) point

Declension

References

  • punkt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

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Etymology

From Latin pūnctum through Old Norse punktr.

Pronunciation

Noun

punkt c

  1. a period, a full stop
  2. an item (on a list or an agenda)
  3. (typography) a point; size of a font
  4. (geometry) a point
  5. a point, a spot (small location, seen as a position)
  6. (figuratively) a point (in time)
    tidpunkt
    point in time
  7. a dot; one of the two symbols used in Morse code
  8. (finance) basis point, one hundredth of one percentage point

Declension

Interjection

punkt

  1. period
    Synonym: punkt slut

References