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 from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.

Anagrams

• Truk, Turk, Turk.

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Danish

Etymology

From 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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Faroese

Proper noun

Kurt m

1. a male given name.

Usage notes

• son of Kurt: Kurtsson
• daughter of Kurt: Kurtsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Kurt
Accusative	Kurt
Dative	Kurti
Genitive	Kurts

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German

Etymology

A medieval short form of Konrad.

Pronunciation

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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 c (genitive Kurts)

1. a male given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.

Anagrams

• turk

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Turkish

Etymology

From kurt (“wolf”).

Proper noun

Kurt

1. a male given name