kort

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Contents 1 Danish 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Inflection 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Derived terms 3 Faroese 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 4 Icelandic 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 5 Norwegian 5.1 Adjective 5.2 Noun 6 Polish 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Declension 7 Swedish 7.1 Etymology 1 7.1.1 Pronunciation 7.1.2 Adjective 7.1.2.1 Antonyms 7.1.2.2 Derived terms 7.1.2.3 Quotations 7.2 Etymology 2 7.2.1 Noun 7.2.1.1 Synonyms 7.2.1.2 Compounds 7.2.1.3 Quotations

[edit] Danish

Wikipedia ^da

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔrt/, [kʰɒːd̥]
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[edit] Adjective

kort (neuter kort, definite and plural korte, comparative kortere, superlative kortest)

1. short
2. brief

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kort

1. briefly
2. curtly
3. shortly

[edit] Noun

kort n. (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)

1. card
2. map
3. plan
4. chart

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kɔrt/

[edit] Adjective

kort

1. Short.

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• korten
• korting

[edit] Derived terms

• afkorting
• kortdurend
• kortsluiting
• kortweg

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [kɔʃt]

[edit] Noun

kort n.

1. card
2. map

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n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kort	kortið	kort	kortini
Accusative	kort	kortið	kort	kortini
Dative	korti	kortinum	kortum	kortunum
Genitive	korts	kortsins	korta	kortanna

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʰɔr̥t/

  Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

[edit] Noun

kort n.

1. map
2. card

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Adjective

kort (masculine kort; feminine kort; neuter kort; plural korte; comparative kortere; superlative kortest)

1. short

[edit] Noun

kort n. (definite singular kortet; indefinite plural kort; definite plural korta/kortene)

1. card

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kort m.

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

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	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kort	korty
Genitive	kortu	kortów
Dative	kortowi	kortom
Accusative	kort	korty
Instrumental	kortem	kortami
Locative	korcie	kortach
Vocative	korcie	korty

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kort. Cognate with German kurz, Danish kort and Norwegian kort.

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Inflections of kort		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	kort	kortare		kortast
	Neuter	kort
Definite singular	Masc.	korte		kortaste
	All	korta		kortaste
Plural		korta		kortaste

kort

1. short

[edit] Antonyms

• lång

[edit] Derived terms

• korthet
• kortbyxor

[edit] Quotations

• 1901, Noveller av Zacharias Topelius - 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, Clownen Jac av Hjalmar Bergman - 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.

[edit] Etymology 2

Probably from Danish kort or Middle Low German kort.

[edit] Noun

Inflection for kort	Singular		Plural
Neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kort	kortet	kort	korten
Genitive	korts	kortets	korts	kortens

kort

1. card; a piece of stiff paper or plastic.
2. playing card
3. game involving playing cards

   Ska vi spela kort? = Shall we play cards?

4. photograph

[edit] Synonyms

photograph

• foto
• fotografi

playing card

• spelkort

[edit] Compounds

playing card

• kortlek
• spelkort

game

• kortspel

[edit] Quotations

card

• 1926, Sista resan av John Wahlborg - 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.