kontor

See also: Kontor

English

Alternative forms

• Kontor

Etymology

Attested since late 19th century. Learned borrowing from German Kontor and Middle Low German kontôr (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument sufffix). Doublet of cantore, computer, and counter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒntɔː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɔɹ/
• Homophone: contour (one pronunciation)

Noun

kontor (plural kontors or kontore)

1. (historical) One of the four chief trading posts of the Hanseatic League that enjoyed a great degree of legal autonomy; located in Bruges, London, Bergen and Novgorod.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German kontōr (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk”), from Middle Dutch cantoor, cantoor, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix), from Latin computāre (“calculate, compute”) and -tōrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰɔnˈtˢoɐ̯ˀ], [kʰonˈtˢoɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

kontor n (singular definite kontoret, plural indefinite kontorer)

1. office

Inflection

Declension of kontor

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kontor	kontoret	kontorer	kontorerne
genitive	kontors	kontorets	kontorers	kontorernes

Estonian

Etymology

Akin to Danish kontor, German Kontor, Russian контора (kontora). Regardless of the intermediate, ultimately from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument sufffix), from Latin computāre and -tōrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkontor/

Noun

kontor (genitive kontori, partitive kontorit)

1. office

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• postkontor

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɔr/

Verb

kontor

1. future infinitive of kontar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish kontor, see above.

Noun

kontor n (definite singular kontoret, indefinite plural kontor or kontorer, definite plural kontora or kontorene)

1. an office

Derived terms

• billettkontor
• hovedkontor
• kontorist
• postkontor

 

References

• “kontor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish kontor either directly or through Norwegian Bokmål kontor, see above.

Noun

kontor n (definite singular kontoret, indefinite plural kontor, definite plural kontora)

1. an office

Derived terms

• billettkontor
• kontorist
• postkontor

 

References

• “kontor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Since late 16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

kontor n

1. office; building or room

Declension

Declension of kontor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kontor	kontoret	kontor	kontoren
Genitive	kontors	kontorets	kontors	kontorens

Descendants

• → Finnish: konttori