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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

Inflection

More information predicative, attributive ...

Inflection of *kort*
	predicative	attributive	independent		partitive
	predicative	attributive	singular	plural	partitive
positive	kort		korte	kortes	korts
comparative	korter		kortere	korteres	korters
superlative	kortste			kortstes	—

Derived terms

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

kort

Wikipedia ^da

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

More information positive, comparative ...

Inflection of *kort*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite 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

kort

References

“kort,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed from 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)

Declension

More information neuter gender, singular ...

Declension of *kort*
neuter gender	singular		plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kort	kortet	kort	kortene
genitive	korts	kortets	korts	kortenes

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

“kort,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)

short
Antonym: lang

Declension

More information Declension of, uninflected ...

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

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kort

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

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

More information n3, singular ...

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

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

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English court.

Noun

kort

(law) court; tribunal

Icelandic

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

kort

Wikipedia ^is

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

póstkort

Wikipedia ^is

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse 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
Synonym: landakort
postcard, card
Synonyms: póstkort, bréfspjald
debit card
Synonym: debetkort
credit card
Synonyms: kreditkort, greiðslukort, krítarkort

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	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

Declension of kort (neuter)

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

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

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)

short

Derived terms

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

References

“kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

kort

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English court. Doublet of kohorta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrt/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Syllabification: kort
Homophone: kord

Noun

kort m inan

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

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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

Declension of kort

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
Antonym: lång
- 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

More information Indefinite, positive ...

Inflection of *kort*
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	kort	kortare	kortast
neuter singular	kort	kortare	kortast
plural	korta	kortare	kortast
masculine plural²	korte	kortare	kortast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	korte	kortare	kortaste
all	korta	kortare	kortaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

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
Synonym: spelkort
a card game, a game involving playing cards
Ska vi spela kort? ― Shall we play cards?
photograph
Synonyms: foto, fotografi

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Declension of *kort*
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kort	korts
singular	definite	kortet	kortets
plural	indefinite	kort	korts
plural	definite	korten	kortens

Derived terms

(playing card):

(game):

kortspel

Descendants

→ Finnish: kortti

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English court.

Noun

kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)

court

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Declension of *kort*
	singular	plural
nominative	kort	kortlar
definite accusative	kortu	kortları
dative	korta	kortlara
locative	kortta	kortlarda
ablative	korttan	kortlardan
genitive	kortun	kortların

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Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Inflection

Adverb

References

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

See also

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

Verb

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Iban

Etymology

Noun

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 3

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