kort
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse kurtr, kortr, from Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-Germanic *kurtaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔrt/, [kʰɒːd̥]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʌɐ̯t
Inflection
Inflection of kort | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | kort | kortere | kortest2 |
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. |
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔrt/
- Rhymes: -ɔrt
audio (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-Germanic *kurtaz, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.
Inflection
Inflection of kort | ||||
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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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
kort
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of korten
- imperative of korten
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/
Declension
Declension of kort | ||||
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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 |
German
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkort]
- Hyphenation: kort
Icelandic
Etymology
From the Old Norse word kort (“a map”) whence also the Danish kort (“a map”) and German Karte (“a card; a map”). Old Norse kort from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin papyrus, paper, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper; a book”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I scratch, inscribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɔr̥t/
- Rhymes: -ɔr̥t
Noun
kort n (genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)
Declension
Synonyms
- (map): landakort
- (postcard): póstkort, bréfspjald
- (debit card): debetkort
- (credit card): kreditkort, greiðslukort
Derived terms
- út úr kortinu (beyond the pale, out of the question)
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)
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)
- a card
Derived terms
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)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”), via Latin charta and German Low German kort
Derived terms
- jolekort, julekort
- kortstokk
- kredittkort
- kretskort
- medlemskort
- nykelkort, nøkkelkort
Polish

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔrt/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Homophone: kord
Noun
kort m inan
- court (place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court)
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-Germanic *kurtaz, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.[1] Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian Bokmål kort.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔrt/
audio (file)
Adjective
kort (comparative kortare, superlative kortast)
- short
- 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.
- Thomas! Thomas! [...]viskade nu Lotten, ty det var den korte som segrat, och hon hade igenkänt honom.
- 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.
- Kortaste avståndet mellan två punkter är den krokiga linjen, ju krokigare, desto kortare.
- 1901, Zacharias Topelius, Noveller
Declension
Inflection of kort | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | kort | kortare | kortast |
Neuter singular | kort | kortare | kortast |
Plural | korta | kortare | kortast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | korte | kortare | kortaste |
All | korta | kortare | kortaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |
Antonyms
Derived terms
- korthet
- kortbyxor
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”), a variant of the Latin words charta and carta.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʊrt/
Noun
kort n
- 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.
- Mannen räckte mig ett litet kort, varpå han nedskrivit namn och adress på en kvinna i Stockholm.
- 1926, John Wahlborg, Sista resan
- a playing card
- a card game, a game involving playing cards
- Ska vi spela kort?
- Shall we play cards?
- photograph
Declension
Declension of kort | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kort | kortet | kort | korten |
Genitive | korts | kortets | korts | kortens |
Descendants
- → Finnish: kortti