kandidat

See also: Kandidat, kandidát, and kandîdat

Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Noun

kandidat m (plural kandidatë, definite kandidati, definite plural kandidatët)

1. candidate

Declension

Declension of kandidat

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	kandidat	kandidatë	kandidati	kandidatët
accusative			kandidatin
dative	kandidati	kandidatëve	kandidatit	kandidatëve
ablative		kandidatësh

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Noun

kandidat c (singular definite kandidaten, plural indefinite kandidater)

1. candidate (someone who is up for consideration for a title, office, etc.)
2. a person who holds a master's degree

Declension

Declension of kandidat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kandidat	kandidaten	kandidater	kandidaterne
genitive	kandidats	kandidatens	kandidaters	kandidaternes

Further reading

• “kandidat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kandidaat (“candidate”), from French candidat, from Latin candidātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈdi.dat̚/
• Hyphenation: kan‧di‧dat

Noun

kandidat (first-person possessive kandidatku, second-person possessive kandidatmu, third-person possessive kandidatnya)

1. candidate

   Synonym: calon

Further reading

• “kandidat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish kandydat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈdidat/
• Syllabification: kan‧di‧dat

Noun

kandidat m pers (female equivalent kandidatka, related adjective kandidacczi)

1. candidate (a person who is applying for a job)

Declension

Declension of kandidat

	singular	plural
nominative	kandidat	kandidacë
genitive	kandidata	kandidatów
dative	kandidatow	kandidatóm
accusative	kandidata	kandidatów
instrumental	kandidatã	kandidatama
locative	kandidace	kandidatach
vocative	kandidace	kandidacë

Derived terms

nouns

• kandidatura

 

verbs

• kandidowac impf

 

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “kądédôt”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎^[1] (in Kashubian), page 70
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kandydat”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kandydat”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “kandidat”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Noun

kandidat m (definite singular kandidaten, indefinite plural kandidater, definite plural kandidatene)

1. candidate; applicant
2. examinee
3. graduate
4. (hospitals) house officer; house surgeon

Derived terms

• motkandidat

Related terms

• kandidatur

References

• “kandidat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑndɪˈdɑːt/

Noun

kandidat m (definite singular kandidaten, indefinite plural kandidatar, definite plural kandidatane)

1. candidate; applicant
2. examinee
3. graduate
4. (hospitals) house officer; house surgeon

Derived terms

• motkandidat

References

• “kandidat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kandǐdaːt/
• Hyphenation: kan‧di‧dat

Noun

kandìdāt m (Cyrillic spelling кандѝда̄т)

1. candidate; applicant

Declension

Declension of kandidat

	singular	plural
nominative	kandìdāt	kandidati
genitive	kandidáta	kandidata
dative	kandidatu	kandidatima
accusative	kandidata	kandidate
vocative	kandidate	kandidati
locative	kandidatu	kandidatima
instrumental	kandidatom	kandidatima

Swedish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidātus, attested from 1680.

Noun

kandidat c

1. a candidate (available for election)
2. a bachelor (college degree)

   fil. kand. = filosofie kandidat

   Bachelor of Art

Declension

Declension of kandidat
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kandidat	kandidaten	kandidater	kandidaterna
Genitive	kandidats	kandidatens	kandidaters	kandidaternas

Related terms

• kandidatexamen
• kandidera