# dokument
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch document.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dokument (plural dokumente)
* document

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin documentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdokumɛnt]

### Noun

dokument m inan
* document
* documentary
    přírodopisný dokument ― wildlife documentary

#### Related terms

* See docent
* dokumentace
* dokumentarista
* dokumentaristika
* dokumentární
* dokumentovat

### Further reading

* “dokument”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “dokument”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “dokument”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin documentum, from docēre (“teach”).

### Noun

dokument n (singular definite dokumentet, plural indefinite dokumenter)
* document

#### Declension
### References

* “dokument” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Estonian
### Etymology

German Dokument.

### Noun

dokument (genitive dokumendi, partitive dokumenti)
* document

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin documentum.

### Noun

dokument n (definite singular dokumentet, indefinite plural dokument or dokumenter, definite plural dokumenta or dokumentene)
* a document

#### Derived terms

* dokumentere
* dokumentmappe

### References

* “dokument” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin documentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʊkʉˈmɛnt/

### Noun

dokument n (definite singular dokumentet, indefinite plural dokument, definite plural dokumenta)
* a document

#### Derived terms

* dokumentmappe

### References

* “dokument” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin documentum. First attested in 1564. Compare Silesian dokumynt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔˈku.mɛnt/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /dɔˈku.mɛnt/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Central Greater Poland) IPA: /dɔˈku.mɛnt/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -umɛnt
* Syllabification: do‧ku‧ment

### Noun

dokument m inan (diminutive dokumencik, related adjective dokumentowy)
* document (any official script)
* document; identification (paper proving someone's identity)
* document (object that is proof to the era in which it was created or to the genuineness of something)
* (colloquial, film) documentary (documentary film) [with o (+ locative) ‘about whom/what’]
    Synonym: film dokumentalny
* (computing) document (file that contains text)
* (obsolete) assurance; confession
* (obsolete) show; demonstration (act of demonstrating or proving something actively)

#### Usage notes

The nominative plural form dokumenta is obsolete.

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: dokùment

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), dokument is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 6 times in scientific texts, 19 times in news, 13 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 12 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 55 times, making it the 1166th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### Adverb

dokument (not comparable)
* (Central Greater Poland) Synonym of dokładnie
    Ja to widziałem dokument. ― I saw exactly this.

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “dokument”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “dokument”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “dokument”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “dokument”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “dokument”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “dokument”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 81

### Further reading

* dokument in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* dokument in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* “DOKUMENT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 04.11.2016
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “dokument”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “dokument”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “dokument”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 496
* Oskar Kolberg (1877) “dokument”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 25

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* dokùmenat (Bosnia, Serbia)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dokǔment/
* Hyphenation: do‧ku‧ment

### Noun

dokùment m (Cyrillic spelling доку̀мент)
* document

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɔkument]

### Noun

dokument m inan (relational adjective dokumentový)
* document

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “dokument”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dokument n
* a document

#### Related terms

* dokumentförstörare
* dokumenthantering

### Further reading

* dokument in Svensk ordbok.