kort

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See also: KORT, KoRT, Kort, kórt, kòrt, kört, and kőrt

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch kort, from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔrt/
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Adjective

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kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)

  1. short

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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kort (plural and definite singular attributive korte)

  1. short
  2. brief
Inflection
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Inflection of kort
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte 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

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kort

  1. briefly
  2. curtly
  3. shortly

References

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Low German kort, German Karte, from French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτη (khártē).

Noun

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kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)

  1. card
  2. map, plan
  3. chart
Declension
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See also

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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

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kort

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

Anagrams

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

  1. card
  2. map

Declension

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Declension of kort
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

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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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kort

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

Hungarian

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Etymology

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kor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkort]
  • Hyphenation: kort

Noun

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kort

  1. accusative singular of kor

Iban

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English court.

Noun

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kort

  1. (law) court; tribunal

Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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    Declension of kort
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kort kortið kort kortin
accusative kort kortið kort kortin
dative korti kortinu kortum kortunum
genitive korts kortsins korta kortanna

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr.

Adjective

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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))
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Low German kort, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, papyrus, paper).

Noun

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kort n (definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta or kortene)

  1. a card
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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kort

  1. imperative of korte

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr.

Adjective

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kort (neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortare, indefinite superlative kortast, definite superlative kortaste)

  1. short
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, papyrus, paper), via Latin charta and German Low German kort.

Noun

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kort n (definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta)

  1. card
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References

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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kort

Etymology

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Borrowed from English court. Doublet of kohorta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kort m inan

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

Declension

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Further reading

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

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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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

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Adjective

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kort (comparative kortare, superlative kortast)

  1. short
    Antonym: lång
    • 1901, Zacharias Topelius, Noveller[1]:
      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[2]:
      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
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Inflection of kort
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kort kortare kortast
Neuter singular kort kortare kortast
Plural korta kortare kortast
Masculine plural3 korte 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.
3) Dated or archaic
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Etymology 2

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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]

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Noun

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kort n

  1. a card; a piece of stiff paper or plastic.
    • 1926, John Wahlborg, Sista resan[3]:
      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
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Derived terms
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playing card
game
Descendants
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Further reading

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English court.

Noun

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kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)

  1. court

Declension

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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