defekt

See also: Defekt and defekt.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛfɛkt]
• Rhymes: -ɛfɛkt

Noun

defekt m inan

1. defect

   Synonym: vada

Declension

Declension of defekt (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	defekt	defekty
genitive	defektu	defektů
dative	defektu	defektům
accusative	defekt	defekty
vocative	defekte	defekty
locative	defektu	defektech
instrumental	defektem	defekty

Further reading

• “defekt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “defekt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “defekt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Etymology

From Latin dēfectus.

Adjective

defekt

1. defective

Inflection

Inflection of defekt

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	defekt	mere defekt	mest defekt2
indefinite neuter singular	defekt	mere defekt	mest defekt2
plural	defekte	mere defekt	mest defekt2
definite attributive1	defekte	mere defekt	mest defekte

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

defekt c (singular definite defekten, plural indefinite defekter)

1. an undesirable quality; a defect.

Inflection

Declension of defekt

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	defekt	defekten	defekter	defekterne
genitive	defekts	defektens	defekters	defekternes

References

• “defekt” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Etymology

From Latin defectus, from dēficiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈfɛkt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: de‧fekt

Adjective

defekt (strong nominative masculine singular defekter, comparative defekter, superlative am defektesten)

1. (formal) broken, out of order

   Synonym: kaputt

Declension

Positive forms of defekt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist defekt	sie ist defekt	es ist defekt	sie sind defekt
strong declension (without article)	nominative	defekter	defekte	defektes	defekte
	genitive	defekten	defekter	defekten	defekter
	dative	defektem	defekter	defektem	defekten
	accusative	defekten	defekte	defektes	defekte
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der defekte	die defekte	das defekte	die defekten
	genitive	des defekten	der defekten	des defekten	der defekten
	dative	dem defekten	der defekten	dem defekten	den defekten
	accusative	den defekten	die defekte	das defekte	die defekten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein defekter	eine defekte	ein defektes	(keine) defekten
	genitive	eines defekten	einer defekten	eines defekten	(keiner) defekten
	dative	einem defekten	einer defekten	einem defekten	(keinen) defekten
	accusative	einen defekten	eine defekte	ein defektes	(keine) defekten

Comparative forms of defekt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist defekter	sie ist defekter	es ist defekter	sie sind defekter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	defekterer	defektere	defekteres	defektere
	genitive	defekteren	defekterer	defekteren	defekterer
	dative	defekterem	defekterer	defekterem	defekteren
	accusative	defekteren	defektere	defekteres	defektere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der defektere	die defektere	das defektere	die defekteren
	genitive	des defekteren	der defekteren	des defekteren	der defekteren
	dative	dem defekteren	der defekteren	dem defekteren	den defekteren
	accusative	den defekteren	die defektere	das defektere	die defekteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein defekterer	eine defektere	ein defekteres	(keine) defekteren
	genitive	eines defekteren	einer defekteren	eines defekteren	(keiner) defekteren
	dative	einem defekteren	einer defekteren	einem defekteren	(keinen) defekteren
	accusative	einen defekteren	eine defektere	ein defekteres	(keine) defekteren

Superlative forms of defekt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am defektesten	sie ist am defektesten	es ist am defektesten	sie sind am defektesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	defektester	defekteste	defektestes	defekteste
	genitive	defektesten	defektester	defektesten	defektester
	dative	defektestem	defektester	defektestem	defektesten
	accusative	defektesten	defekteste	defektestes	defekteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der defekteste	die defekteste	das defekteste	die defektesten
	genitive	des defektesten	der defektesten	des defektesten	der defektesten
	dative	dem defektesten	der defektesten	dem defektesten	den defektesten
	accusative	den defektesten	die defekteste	das defekteste	die defektesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein defektester	eine defekteste	ein defektestes	(keine) defektesten
	genitive	eines defektesten	einer defektesten	eines defektesten	(keiner) defektesten
	dative	einem defektesten	einer defektesten	einem defektesten	(keinen) defektesten
	accusative	einen defektesten	eine defekteste	ein defektestes	(keine) defektesten

Further reading

• “defekt” in Duden online
• “defekt”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “defekt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Defekt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛfɛkt]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: de‧fekt
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

defekt (plural defektek)

1. flat tire

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	defekt	defektek
accusative	defektet	defekteket
dative	defektnek	defekteknek
instrumental	defekttel	defektekkel
causal-final	defektért	defektekért
translative	defektté	defektekké
terminative	defektig	defektekig
essive-formal	defektként	defektekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	defektben	defektekben
superessive	defekten	defekteken
adessive	defektnél	defekteknél
illative	defektbe	defektekbe
sublative	defektre	defektekre
allative	defekthez	defektekhez
elative	defektből	defektekből
delative	defektről	defektekről
ablative	defekttől	defektektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	defekté	defekteké
non-attributive possessive – plural	defektéi	defektekéi

Possessive forms of defekt

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	defektem	defektjeim
2nd person sing.	defekted	defektjeid
3rd person sing.	defektje	defektjei
1st person plural	defektünk	defektjeink
2nd person plural	defektetek	defektjeitek
3rd person plural	defektjük	defektjeik

Related terms

• defektus
• durrdefekt

Further reading

• defekt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• defekt in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin defectus.

Adjective

defekt (neuter singular defekt, definite singular and plural defekte)

1. defective, faulty

Noun

defekt m (definite singular defekten, indefinite plural defekter, definite plural defektene)

1. a defect

References

• “defekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin defectus.

Adjective

defekt (neuter singular defekt, definite singular and plural defekte)

1. defective, faulty

Noun

defekt m (definite singular defekten, indefinite plural defektar, definite plural defektane)

1. a defect

References

• “defekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin de-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin facio

Latin dēficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin dēfectuslbor.

Polish defekt

Learned borrowing from Latin dēfectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.fɛkt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛfɛkt
• Syllabification: de‧fekt

Noun

defekt m inan

1. defect (fault or malfunction)

   Synonyms: uszkodzenie, wada

Declension

Declension of defekt

	singular	plural
nominative	defekt	defekty
genitive	defektu	defektów
dative	defektowi	defektom
accusative	defekt	defekty
instrumental	defektem	defektami
locative	defekcie	defektach
vocative	defekcie	defekty

Derived terms

adjective

• defektowy

Further reading

• “defekt”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “defekt”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /děfekt/, /defêkt/
• Hyphenation: de‧fekt

Noun

dèfekt or defȅkt m inan (Cyrillic spelling дѐфект or дефе̏кт)

1. defect, flaw

Declension

Declension of defekt

	singular	plural
nominative	dèfekt	defekti
genitive	defekta	dèfekātā
dative	defektu	defektima
accusative	defekt	defekte
vocative	defekte	defekti
locative	defektu	defektima
instrumental	defektom	defektima

References

• “defekt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Adjective

defekt

1. defective (having one or more defects)

Declension

Inflection of defekt

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	defekt	—	—
neuter singular	defekt	—	—
plural	defekta	—	—
masculine plural2	defekte	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	defekte	—	—
all	defekta	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

defekt c

1. a defect

Declension

Declension of defekt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	defekt	defekts
	definite	defekten	defektens
plural	indefinite	defekter	defekters
	definite	defekterna	defekternas

See also

• avvikelse