punkt

See also: Punkt

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.

Proto-Italic *pungō

Latin pungō

Latin pūnctus

Latin pūnctumlbor.

Old Czech punkt

Czech punkt

Inherited from Old Czech punkt, a learned borrowing from Latin pūnctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuŋkt]

Noun

punkt m inan (diminutive puntík or (obsolete) punktík)

1. (archaic) point, dot

   Synonym: tečka

2. period, full stop (punctuation mark)

   Synonym: tečka

Declension

Declension of punkt (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	punkt	punkty
genitive	punktu	punktů
dative	punktu	punktům
accusative	punkt	punkty
vocative	punkte	punkty
locative	punktě, punktu	punktech
instrumental	punktem	punkty

Related terms

Related terms

• akupunktura
• interpunkce
• pointa
• pointilismus
• punkce
• punktualismus
• punktualista
• punktualistický
• punktuální
• punktum
• punktura
• puntík
• puntíčkář
• puntíčkářský
• puntíčkářství

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German punct, punt from Latin pūnctum (“point”), the neuter of the participle of pungere (“to puncture”). The Low German word was also borrowed to late Old Norse punktr and Swedish punkt. Doublet of point, pointe, and punktum, and cognate with punktere (from Latin punctuo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poŋˀt/, [ˈpʰɔŋˀd̥]

Noun

punkt n (singular definite punktet, plural indefinite punkter)

1. dot
2. point (in space, on some scale or in some mathematical space)

Declension

Declension of punkt

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	punkt	punktet	punkter	punkterne
genitive	punkts	punktets	punkters	punkternes

Derived terms

• bristepunkt
• brændpunkt
• curiepunkt
• endepunkt
• fikspunkt
• fokuspunkt
• forsvindingspunkt
• frysepunkt
• holdepunkt
• hvilepunkt
• højdepunkt
• kardinalpunkt
• knudepunkt
• kogepunkt
• kritikpunkt
• lavpunkt
• lyspunkt
• midtpunkt
• mætningspunkt
• nulpunkt
• punktafgift
• punktere
• punktlig
• punktnedslag
• punktopstilling
• punktskat
• punktskrift
• punktstrejke
• punktvis
• samlingspunkt
• skæringspunkt
• slutpunkt
• smeltepunkt
• smertepunkt
• springende punkt
• standpunkt
• synspunkt
• tidspunkt
• træfpunkt
• tyngdepunkt
• vendepunkt
• vækstpunkt

References

• “punkt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Noun

punkt (genitive punkti, partitive punkti)

1. article (of clothing)
2. dot, point
3. item
4. period, full stop

Declension

Declension of punkt (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		punkt	punktid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	punkti
genitive			punktide
partitive		punkti	punkte punktisid
illative		punkti punktisse	punktidesse punktesse
inessive		punktis	punktides punktes
elative		punktist	punktidest punktest
allative		punktile	punktidele punktele
adessive		punktil	punktidel punktel
ablative		punktilt	punktidelt punktelt
translative		punktiks	punktideks punkteks
terminative		punktini	punktideni
essive		punktina	punktidena
abessive		punktita	punktideta
comitative		punktiga	punktidega

Further reading

• “punkt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Icelandic

Noun

punkt m

1. indefinite accusative singular of punktur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse punktr, from Middle Low German punct, punt, from Latin pūnctum (“point, puncture, moment”), from pūnctus (“pricked, punctured”), perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, puncture, punch”), from Proto-Italic *pungō (“to prick, sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to prick, punch”). Doublet of punktum.

Noun

punkt n (definite singular punktet, indefinite plural punkt or punkter, definite plural punkta or punktene)

1. (generally) point
2. a dot (also in Braille: a raised dot)

Derived terms

• brennpunkt
• endepunkt
• flammepunkt
• frysepunkt
• høydepunkt
• knutepunkt
• kokepunkt
• metningspunkt
• midtpunkt
• punktskrift
• punktvis
• smeltepunkt
• standpunkt
• synspunkt
• tidspunkt
• tyngdepunkt
• utgangspunkt
• utsiktspunkt
• varmepunkt
• vendepunkt

References

• “punkt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.

Proto-Italic *pungō

Latin pungō

Latin pūnctus

Latin pūnctumbor.

Middle Low German punctbor.

Old Norse punktr

Norwegian Nynorsk punkt

Inherited from Old Norse punktr, borrowed from Middle Low German punct, borrowed from Latin pūnctum, from pūnctus, perfect passive participle of pungō, from Proto-Italic *pungō, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-. Doublet of punktum.

Noun

punkt n (definite singular punktet, indefinite plural punkt, definite plural punkta)

1. (generally) point
2. a dot (also in Braille: a raised dot)

Derived terms

• brennpunkt
• endepunkt
• flammepunkt
• frysepunkt
• knutepunkt
• kokepunkt
• midtpunkt
• punktskrift
• punktvis
• smeltepunkt
• standpunkt
• synspunkt
• tidspunkt
• tyngdepunkt
• utgangspunkt
• utsiktspunkt
• vendepunkt

References

• “punkt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.

Proto-Italic *pungō

Latin pungō

Latin pūnctus

Latin pūnctumlbor.

Old Czech punkt

Learned borrowing from Latin pūnctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpunkt/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpunkt/

Noun

punkt m inan

1. point, degree, unit
2. (administration) point; paragraph

Declension

Declension of punkt (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	punkt	punkty	punkti, punktové
genitive	punkta, punktu	punktú	punktóv
dative	punktu	punktoma	punktóm
accusative	punkt	punkty	punkty
vocative	punkte	punkty	punkti, punktové
locative	punktě, punktu	punktú	punktiech
instrumental	punktem	punktoma	punkty

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: punkt

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “punkt”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuŋkt/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpuŋkt/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Western Kraków) IPA^(key): [ˈpuŋkt]

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• Rhymes: -uŋkt
• Syllabification: punkt

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.

Proto-Italic *pungō

Latin pungō

Latin pūnctus

Latin pūnctumlbor.

Polish punkt

Learned borrowing from Latin pūnctum. First attested in 1566. Doublet of puenta.

Alternative forms

• ponkt (Near Masovian, Jagodne)
• pącht (Western Kraków, Szczodrkowice)

Noun

punkt m inan (diminutive punkcik, abbreviation p. or pkt)

1. point (discernable dot against a background of other things)

   Near-synonym: kropka

2. (mathematics, sciences) point (zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction)
3. point (place designated for a particular task)

   Synonym: miejsce

4. point (stage of some action)
5. point (element of a list)
6. (literary) point (part of a written or oral statement)
7. (board games, sports, video games) point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
8. point (distinguishing quality or characteristic)
9. (editorial) point (basic unit of measurement of the length or size of fonts and other elements used in printing, approximately equal to, depending on the calculation system used, from 0.35 to 0.37 millimeters)
10. point (position on an issue)
11. point (spatial or temporal border)
12. (obsolete, anatomy) duct, particularly tear duct
13. (obsolete, cartography) cardinal direction
14. (obsolete, billiards) hole on a billiards table
15. (obsolete) bay

    Synonyms: haf, zatoka

16. (Middle Polish) section of text; paragraph; article
17. (Middle Polish) issue, affair, matter, business, thing

    Synonyms: kwestia, rzecz, sprawa

    1. (Western Kraków, Sławków) synonym of zadanie
    2. (Western Kraków, Sławków) synonym of rozkaz

Declension

Declension of punkt

	singular	plural
nominative	punkt	punkty
genitive	punktu	punktów
dative	punktowi	punktom
accusative	punkt	punkty
instrumental	punktem	punktami
locative	punkcie	punktach
vocative	punkcie	punkty

Derived terms

noun

• punkt bazowy
• punktowiec

adjective

• punktowy

adverb

• z punktu

idiom

• punkt widzenia zależy od punktu siedzenia

nouns

• punkt apteczny
• punkt bazowy
• punkt G
• punkt honoru
• punkt konstrukcyjny
• punkt odniesienia
• punkt oparcia
• punkt procentowy
• punkt styczny
• punkt widzenia
• punkt wyjścia
• punkt zaczepienia
• punkt zero
• punkt zwrotny
• temperatura punktu rosy

prepositions

• na punkcie
• z punktu widzenia

verbs

• punktować impf

verbs

• ruszyć z martwego punktu pf, ruszać z martwego punktu impf
• utknąć w martwym punkcie pf, utykać w martwym punkcie impf

Related terms

adjective

• punktualny

adverbs

• punktowo
• punktualnie

nouns

• akupunkt
• punktowośc
• punktualność

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), punkt is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 128 times in scientific texts, 54 times in news, 73 times in essays, 13 times in fiction, and 16 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 284 times, making it the 179th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of punkt w punkt. First attested in the 19th century.

Adverb

punkt (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) on the dot (exactly at a particular hour, neither earlier nor later)

   Synonym: punktualnie

Further reading

• “punkt”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “punkt”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• “PUNKT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 03.06.2009
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “punkt”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “punkt”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Punkt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûnkt/

Noun

pȕnkt m inan (Cyrillic spelling пу̏нкт)

1. (regional) dot
2. (regional) place
3. (regional) spot
4. (regional) point

Declension

Declension of punkt

	singular	plural
nominative	punkt	punktovi
genitive	punkta	punktova
dative	punktu	punktovima
accusative	punkt	punktove
vocative	punkte	punktovi
locative	punktu	punktovi
instrumental	punktom	punktovima

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin pūnctum through Old Norse punktr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɵŋ(k)t/

Noun

punkt c

1. a period, a full stop
2. an item (on a list or an agenda)
3. (typography) a point; size of a font
4. (geometry) a point
5. a point, a spot (small location, seen as a position)
6. (figuratively) a point (in time)

   tidpunkt

   point in time

7. a dot; one of the two symbols used in Morse code
8. (finance) basis point, one hundredth of one percentage point

Declension

Declension of punkt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	punkt	punkts
	definite	punkten	punktens
plural	indefinite	punkter	punkters
	definite	punkterna	punkternas

Related terms

• angreppspunkt
• beröringspunkt
• bildpunkt
• blickpunkt
• brytpunkt
• brännpunkt
• daggpunkt
• decimalpunkt
• extrempunkt
• fixpunkt
• fryspunkt
• fästpunkt
• g-punkt
• hållpunkt
• höjdpunkt
• kardinalpunkt
• knutpunkt
• kokpunkt
• kontrapunkt
• kontrollpunkt
• kritisk punkt
• mittpunkt
• mötespunkt
• nollpunkt
• programpunkt
• punkta
• punktbelysning
• punktbeskattning
• punktbevaka
• punktera
• punktering
• punktformad
• punktformig
• punktgravyr
• punkthus
• punktingrepp
• punktingripande
• punktinsats
• punktion
• punktis
• punktkontroll
• punktlig
• punktmarkera
• punktmarkering
• punktmusik
• punktmärke
• punktsanering
• punktskatt
• punktskrift
• punktstrejk
• punktsvets
• punktsvetsa
• punktuell
• punktundersökning
• punktvis
• punktåtgärd
• randpunkt
• räntepunkt
• sadelpunkt
• samlingspunkt
• skärningspunkt
• slutpunkt
• smältpunkt
• startpunkt
• straffpunkt
• ståndpunkt
• synpunkt
• sätta punkt för
• tangeringspunkt
• tidpunkt
• trippelpunkt
• utgångspunkt
• vändpunkt
• åtalspunkt

Interjection

punkt

1. period

   Synonym: punkt slut

References

• “punkt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “punkt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “punkt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• punkt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)