kort

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

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 (file)

Adjective

kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)

short

Derived terms

kortsigtig

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔrt/, [ˈkʰɒːd̥]
Audio (file)
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)

short
brief

Inflection

Inflection of kort
	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

briefly
curtly
shortly

References

“kort,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed via 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)

card
map, plan
chart

Inflection

Declension of kort

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kort	kortet	kort	kortene
genitive	korts	kortets	korts	kortenes

References

“kort,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔrt/
audio (file)
Hyphenation: kort
Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)

short
Antonym: lang

Inflection

Inflection 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

korten
kortdurend
kortsluiten
kortweg
kortzichtig

Descendants

Afrikaans: kort
Negerhollands: kort, kot
Skepi Creole Dutch: kort

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kort

first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of korten
imperative of korten

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)

card
map

Declension

Declension of kort
n3	singular		plural
n3	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

gávukort
koyrikort
limakort
landkort
heimskort
matkort

German

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Verb

kort

second-person plural preterite of kiesen
second-person plural preterite of küren

Hungarian

Etymology

kor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkort]
Hyphenation: kort

Noun

kort

accusative singular of kor

Icelandic

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)

map
postcard, card
debit card
credit card

Declension

declension of kort

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

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)

short
på kort sikt - in the short term
på kort varsel - at short notice
brief
(as an adverb) briefly, shortly (etter / after)

Derived terms

Terms derived from kort (adjective)

kortbukse
kortform
korthet

kortlivet
kortsiktig
kortslutning

kortslutte
kortvarig
kortvokst

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

Terms derived from kort (noun)

bryllupskort
fiskekort
førerkort
gavekort
julekort

kortstokk
kredittkort
kretskort
medlemskort
nøkkelkort

postkort
sesongkort
takkekort
trumfkort
visittkort

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)

short

Derived terms

Terms derived from kort (adjective)

kortbukse
kortform

kortsiktig
kortslutning

kortvarig

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)

card

Derived terms

jolekort, julekort
kortstokk
kredittkort
kretskort
medlemskort
nykelkort, nøkkelkort
postkort
sesongkort
takkekort
trumfkort
visittkort

References

“kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

kort

Etymology

Borrowed from English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, from cohors. Doublet of kohorta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔrt/
Audio 1 (file)
Audio 2 (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Syllabification: kort
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

Declension of kort

	singular	plural
nominative	kort	korty
genitive	kortu	kortów
dative	kortowi	kortom
accusative	kort	korty
instrumental	kortem	kortami
locative	korcie	kortach
vocative	korcie	korty

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

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.
- 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

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

Antonyms

lång

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”), all based on 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.
a playing card
a card game, a game involving playing cards
Ska vi spela kort?
Shall we play cards?
photograph

Declension

Declension of kort
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kort	kortet	kort	korten
Genitive	korts	kortets	korts	kortens

Synonyms

(photograph): foto, fotografi
(playing card): spelkort

Derived terms

playing card

kortlek
lagt kort ligger
spelkort

game

kortspel

Descendants

→ Finnish: kortti

References

Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary", in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English court.

Noun

kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)

court

Declension

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

[seb-1] Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary", in Swedish)

kort

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Inflection

Adverb

References

Etymology 2

Noun

Inflection

See also

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

Verb

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Verb

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

References

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2