kaput

See also: kaputt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpuːt/

Alternative forms

• kaputt

Etymology

From German kaputt, though more often rendered kaput in English; via Yiddish קאַפּוט‏ (kaput, “lost, dead”). The same word has also been borrowed by many other languages, with approximately the same meaning.

Adjective

kaput (not comparable)

1. (slang) Out of order; not working; broken.

   My car is kaput.

   His career is kaput.

   Her marriage is kaput.

   • 1998, Saving Private Ryan

     German propaganda loudspeaker: (...) The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT.
     Captain Miller: "The Statue of Liberty is kaput" – huh, that's disconcerting.

Translations

out of order

• Afrikaans: kapoet
• Catalan: caput (ca)
• Danish: kaput
• Dutch: kapot (nl)
• Finnish: kaput
• French: fini (fr) m, capout (fr)
• German: kaputt (de)
• Kyrgyz: өлүм (ky) (ölüm), өлүү (ky) (ölüü), жок болуу (ky) (cok boluu), куруп кетүү (ky) (kurup ketüü)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaputt

  Nynorsk: kaputt

• Portuguese: enguiçado m
• Romanian: stricat (ro), distrus (ro)
• Russian: капу́т (ru) (kapút) (colloquial)
• Swedish: kaputt (sv)
• Yiddish: קאַפּוט‏‎ (kaput)

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Danish

Adjective

kaput (neuter kaput, plural and definite singular attributive kaput)

1. broken, dysfunctional

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Hungarian

Etymology

kapu +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒput]
• Hyphenation: ka‧put

Noun

kaput

1. accusative singular of kapu

   Nyisd ki a kaput! ― Open the gate!

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian cappotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎpuːt/
• Hyphenation: ka‧put

Noun

kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀пӯт)

1. coat

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

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Sundanese

Verb

kaput

1. to sew