kort
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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.
kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)
From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort.
kort (plural and definite singular attributive korte)
Inflection of kort | |||
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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. |
kort
Borrowed from Low German kort, German Karte, from French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτη (khártē).
kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)
Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text) | ||||||
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otter | nier | tier | knægt, bonde | dame, dronning | konge | joker |
Inherited from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt.
kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)
Declension 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 | — |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
kort
From Old Norse kort, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).
kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)
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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”).
kort n (genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)
From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr.
kort (neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortere, indefinite plural kortest, definite plural korteste)
Borrowed from German Low German kort, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).
kort n (definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta or kortene)
kort
From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr.
kort (neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortare, indefinite superlative kortast, definite superlative kortaste)
From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”), via Latin charta and German Low German kort.
kort n (definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta)
kort m inan
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