kaput

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈpʊt]

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

• Norwegian: kaputt
• Portuguese: enguiçado m
• Romanian: stricat (ro), distrus (ro)
• Russian: капут (kapút) (colloquial)
• Swedish: kaputt (sv)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian cappotto.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling капут)

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