kaput
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [kəˈpʊt]
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
From German kaputt, though more often rendered kaput in English; via Yiddish קאַפּוט (kaput, “lost, dead”). The same word is also borrowed into Albanian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Swedish and Turkish, with approximately the same meaning.
[edit] Adjective
kaput (not comparable)
- (slang) Out of order; not working; broken.
- My car is kaput.
- His career is kaput.
- Her marriage is kaput.
[edit] Translations
out of order
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /kǎpuːt/
- Hyphenation: ka‧put
[edit] Noun
kàpūt m. (Cyrillic spelling капут)
[edit] Declension
declension of kaput
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kàpūt | kaputi |
| genitive | kapúta | kaputa |
| dative | kaputu | kaputima |
| accusative | kaput | kapute |
| vocative | kapute | kaputi |
| locative | kaputu | kaputima |
| instrumental | kaputom | kaputima |
