Kurt

See also kurt, Kürt, and kürt

English

Alternative forms

• Curt

Etymology

From German Kurt.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Proper noun

Kurt

1. A male given name borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.

Anagrams

• Turk

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German Kurt.

Proper noun

Kurt

1. A male given name.

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 27 632 males with the given name Kurt have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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German

Etymology

A medieval short form of Konrad.

Proper noun

Kurt

1. A male given name

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Kurt

1. A male given name of German origin.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Curt

Etymology

From Middle Low German Kurt, a contraction of Konrad. First recorded in Sweden as Curt in 1639.

Proper noun

Kurt

1. A male given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 27 986 males with the given name Kurt living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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Turkish

Proper noun

Kurt

1. A male given name that means "wolf".