kaput

English

Alternative forms

• kaputt

Etymology

From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpuːt/

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Adjective

kaput (not comparable)

1. (informal) Out of order; not working.

   Synonyms: broken; see also Thesaurus:out of order

   My car went kaput.

   His career is kaput.

   Her marriage went 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.

   • 2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In the book, his conclusion is simple: capitalism is kaput, celebrity charity won’t plug holes, revolution is the only solution. Yet it also feels like a bit of a cop-out: he insists all this can be achieved through love, peace and understanding.

Derived terms

• kapoof
• kaputness

Translations

out of order — See also translations at out of order

• Afrikaans: kapoet
• Catalan: caput (ca)
• Danish: kaput
• Dutch: kapot (nl)
• Finnish: kaput
• French: fini (fr) m, capout (fr), en panne (fr), en carafe (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, pifado m
• Romanian: stricat (ro), distrus (ro)
• Russian: капу́т (ru) (kapút) (colloquial)
• Swedish: kaputt (sv)
• Yiddish: קאַפּוט‎ (kaput)

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Danish

Etymology

From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”)

Adjective

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

1. broken, dysfunctional

References

• “kaput” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑput/, [ˈkɑput̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑput
• Syllabification: ka‧put

Adjective

kaput

1. (colloquial) kaput

Declension

Indeclinable.

Anagrams

• kupat, putka

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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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Kavalan

Noun

kaput

1. friend

Synonyms

• luksan

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Polish

Etymology

From German kaputt, from French être capot, from Old French capote, from cape, from Late Latin cappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈput/

Interjection

kaput

1. kaput!

Usage notes

Used only in a predicative position.

Further reading

• kaput in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kaput in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Sakizaya

Noun

kaput

1. companion; mate; partner

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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

See also

• mantil

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Sundanese

Verb

kaput

1. to sew