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kort
kort
Danish
Adjective
kort
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. |
Adverb
kort
Noun
kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)
Inflection
See also
Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text) | ||||||
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es | toer | treer | firer | femmer | sekser | syver |
otter | nier | tier | knægt, bonde | dame, dronning | konge | joker |
References
- “kort” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔrt/
- Rhymes: -ɔrt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.
Adjective
kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)
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 |
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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
Etymology 2
Non-lemma forms.
Verb
kort
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of korten
- imperative of korten
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
- IPA(key): /kʰɔɻ̊ʈ/
Noun
kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)
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
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkort]
- Hyphenation: kort
Noun
kort
- accusative singular of kor
Icelandic
Etymology
From the Old Norse word kort (“a map”) whence also the 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)
Declension
Derived terms
- út úr kortinu (beyond the pale, out of the question)
Synonyms
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)
- short
- på kort sikt - in the short term
- på kort varsel - at short notice
- brief
- (as an adverb) briefly, shortly (etter / after)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowing 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)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
kort
- 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)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek "khartes", via Latin charta and German Low German kort
Noun
kort n (definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta)
Derived terms
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References
- “kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔrt̪/
- Homophone: kord
Noun
kort m inan
- court (place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court)
Declension
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German kort, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.[1] Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian kort.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔrt/
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/attributive | 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 an attributive role. |
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?
- Ska vi spela kort?
- photograph
Declension
Inflection of kort | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kort | kortet | kort | korten |
Genitive | korts | kortets | korts | kortens |
Synonyms
Compounds
- playing card
- game