# defekt
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛfɛkt]
* Rhymes: -ɛfɛkt

### Noun

defekt m inan
* defect
    Synonym: vada

#### Declension
### 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)

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin dēfectus.

### Adjective

defekt
* defective

#### Inflection

$^1$ 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)
* an undesirable quality; a defect.

#### Inflection
### References

* “defekt” in Den Danske Ordbog

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin defectus, from dēficiō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈfɛkt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: de‧fekt

### Adjective

defekt (strong nominative masculine singular defekter, comparative defekter, superlative am defektesten)
* (formal) broken, out of order
    Synonym: kaputt

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “defekt” in Duden online
* “defekt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “defekt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Defekt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɛfɛkt]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: de‧fekt
* Rhymes: -ɛkt

### Noun

defekt (plural defektek)
* flat tire

#### Related terms

* defektus
* durrdefekt

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* defekt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: 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 2024).

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin defectus.

### Adjective

defekt (neuter singular defekt, definite singular and plural defekte)
* defective, faulty

### Noun

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

### References

* “defekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin defectus.

### Adjective

defekt (neuter singular defekt, definite singular and plural defekte)
* defective, faulty

### Noun

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

### References

* “defekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēfectus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛ.fɛkt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛfɛkt
* Syllabification: de‧fekt

### Noun

defekt m inan
* defect (fault or malfunction)
    Synonyms: uszkodzenie, wada

#### Derived terms

* defektowy

### Further reading

* defekt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* defekt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Latin defectus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /děfekt/
* Hyphenation: de‧fekt

### Noun

dèfekt, defȅkt m (Cyrillic spelling дѐфект, дефе̏кт)
* defect, flaw

#### Declension
### References

* “defekt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Adjective

defekt
* defective (having one or more defects)

#### Declension

$^1$ 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
* a defect

#### Declension

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

#### See also

* avvikelse