# kontor
## English
### Alternative forms

* Kontor

### Etymology

Attested since late 19th century. Learned borrowing from German Kontor and Middle Low German kontôr (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument sufffix). Doublet of cantore, computer, and counter.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒntɔː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkɑntɔɹ/
* Homophone: contour (one pronunciation)

### Noun

kontor (plural kontors or kontore)
* (historical) One of the four chief trading posts of the Hanseatic League that enjoyed a great degree of legal autonomy; located in Bruges, London, Bergen and Novgorod.

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German kontōr (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk”), from Middle Dutch cantoor, cantoor, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix), from Latin computāre (“calculate, compute”) and -tōrium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʰɔnˈtˢoɐ̯ˀ], [kʰonˈtˢoɐ̯ˀ]

### Noun

kontor n (singular definite kontoret, plural indefinite kontorer)
* office

#### Inflection
## Estonian
### Etymology

Akin to Danish kontor, German Kontor, Russian контора (kontora). Regardless of the intermediate, ultimately from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument sufffix), from Latin computāre and -tōrium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkontor/

### Noun

kontor (genitive kontori, partitive kontorit)
* office

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* postkontor

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈtɔr/

### Verb

kontor
* future infinitive of kontar

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Danish kontor, see above.

### Noun

kontor n (definite singular kontoret, indefinite plural kontor or kontorer, definite plural kontora or kontorene)
* an office

#### Derived terms

* billettkontor
* hovedkontor
* kontorist
* postkontor

### References

* “kontor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Danish kontor either directly or through Norwegian Bokmål kontor, see above.

### Noun

kontor n (definite singular kontoret, indefinite plural kontor, definite plural kontora)
* an office

#### Derived terms

* billettkontor
* kontorist
* postkontor

### References

* “kontor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Since late 16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kontor n
* office; building or room

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | kontor | kontors |
| singular | definite | kontoret | kontorets |
| plural | indefinite | kontor | kontors |
| plural | definite | kontoren | kontorens |

#### Derived terms

* advokatkontor
* arkitektkontor
* avdelningskontor
* bankkontor
* biljettkontor
* brukskontor
* depeschkontor
* distriktskontor
* fabrikskontor
* fastighetskontor
* filialkontor
* förmedlingskontor
* försäljningskontor
* gatukontor
* gårdskontor
* hamnkontor
* handelskontor
* huvudkontor
* informationskontor
* kommunalkontor
* kommunkontor
* kontorisera
* kontorisering
* kontorist
* kontorsanställd
* kontorsarbete
* kontorsbyggnad
* kontorschef
* kontorsfastighet
* kontorsgöromål
* kontorshotell
* kontorshus
* kontorsjobb
* kontorskomplex
* kontorslandskap
* kontorslokal
* kontorsmaskin
* kontorsmaterial
* kontorsmateriel
* kontorsmiljö
* kontorsmöbel
* kontorsnät
* kontorsplats
* kontorsrum
* kontorsråtta
* kontorsskrivare
* kontorsslav
* kontorsstol
* kontorstid
* kontorsutrustning
* kontorsutrymme
* kontorsyta
* lantmäterikontor
* lokalkontor
* mäklarkontor
* postkontor
* rederikontor
* regionkontor
* representationskontor
* revisionskontor
* ritkontor
* servicekontor
* skattekontor
* socialkontor
* stadsbyggnadskontor
* stadskontor
* statskontor
* telekontor
* turistkontor
* vaktkontor
* vindskontor
* växelkontor
* växlingskontor

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: konttori

### Further reading

* kontor in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* kontor in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)