# kort
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch kort, from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔrt/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

kort (attributive kort, comparative korter, superlative kortste)
* short

#### Derived terms

* kortsigtig
* verkort

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔrt/, [ˈkʰɒːd̥]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌɐ̯t

### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort.

#### Adjective

kort (plural and definite singular attributive korte)
* short
* brief

##### 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.

#### Adverb

kort
* briefly
* curtly
* shortly

#### References

* “kort,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Low German kort, German Karte, from French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτη (khártē).

#### Noun

kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)
* card
* map, plan
* chart

##### Declension
#### See also

Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text) :
| es | toer | treer | firer | femmer | sekser | syver |
| otter | nier | tier | knægt, bonde | dame, dronning | konge | joker |

#### References

* “kort,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kort
* Rhymes: -ɔrt

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt.

#### Adjective

kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)
* short
    Antonym: lang

##### Derived terms

* binnen de kortste keren
* kort door de bocht
* kortademig
* kortdurend
* korten
* kortsluiten
* kortsnavelraafkaketoe
* kortweg
* kortwieken
* kortzichtig

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kort
* Negerhollands: kort, kot
* Skepi Creole Dutch: kort

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kort
* inflection of korten:
** first/second/third-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* krot, trok

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse kort, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰɔɻ̊ʈ/

### Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)
* card
* map

#### Derived terms

* gávukort
* heimskort
* koyrikort
* landkort
* limakort
* matkort

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

kort
* second-person plural preterite of kiesen
* second-person plural preterite of küren

## Hungarian
### Etymology

kor +‎ -t

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkort]
* Hyphenation: kort

### Noun

kort
* accusative singular of kor

## Iban
### Etymology

Borrowed from English court.

### Noun

kort
* (law) court; tribunal

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kort (“a map”), from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta (“papyrus, paper”). Related to Danish kort (“a map”) and German Karte (“a card; a map”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰɔr̥t/
* Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

### Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)
* map
    Synonym: landakort
* postcard, card
    Synonyms: póstkort, bréfspjald
* debit card
    Synonym: debetkort
* credit card
    Synonyms: kreditkort, greiðslukort, krítarkort

#### Derived terms

* út úr kortinu (“beyond the pale, out of the question”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔʈ/
* Rhymes: -ɔʈ

### Etymology 1

From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr.

#### Adjective

kort (neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortere, indefinite plural kortest, definite plural korteste)
* short
    på kort sikt ― in the short term
    på kort varsel ― at short notice
* brief
* (as an adverb) briefly, shortly (etter (“after”))

##### Derived terms

* kortbukse
* kortform
* korthet
* kortlivet
* kortsiktig
* kortslutning
* kortslutte
* kortvarig
* kortvokst

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Low German kort, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”).

#### Noun

kort n (definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta or kortene)
* a card

##### Derived terms

* bryllupskort
* fiskekort
* førerkort
* gavekort
* julekort
* kortstokk
* kredittkort
* kretskort
* medlemskort
* nøkkelkort
* postkort
* sesongkort
* takkekort
* trumfkort
* visittkort

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

kort
* imperative of korte

### References

* “kort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Latin curtus, via Middle Low German kort and Old Norse kortr.

#### Adjective

kort (neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortare, indefinite superlative kortast, definite superlative kortaste)
* short

##### Derived terms

* kortbukse
* kortform
* kortsiktig
* kortslutning
* kortvarig

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”), via Latin charta and German Low German kort.

#### Noun

kort n (definite singular kortet, indefinite plural kort, definite plural korta)
* card

##### Derived terms

* jolekort
* julekort
* kortstokk
* kredittkort
* kretskort
* medlemskort
* nykelkort
* nøkkelkort
* postkort
* sesongkort
* takkekort
* trumfkort
* visittkort

### References

* “kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English court. Doublet of kohorta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrt
* Syllabification: kort
* Homophone: kord

### Noun

kort m inan
* (tennis) court (place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* kort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kort in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* kort in PWN's encyclopedia

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus. Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian Bokmål kort.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔrt/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

kort (comparative kortare, superlative kortast)
* short
    Antonym: lång
** 1901, Zacharias Topelius, Noveller‎:Thomas! Thomas! [...]viskade nu Lotten, ty det var den korte som segrat, och hon hade igenkänt honom.Thomas! Thomas! Lotten now whispered, since it was the short one that had won, and she had recognized him.
** 1931, Hjalmar Bergman, Clownen Jac‎:Kortaste avståndet mellan två punkter är den krokiga linjen, ju krokigare, desto kortare.The shortest distance between two points is the crooked line, the more crooked, the shorter.

##### 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.

##### Derived terms

* kortbyxor
* korthet

### Etymology 2

Probably from Danish kort (“a card”) or possibly from a not referenced Middle Low German word kort known in Low German, kort (“a card”). Cognate with Icelandic kort (“a card, a map”) and Faroese kort (“a card, a map”), both from Old Norse kort (“a map”), all based on a variant of the Latin words charta and carta.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʊrt/

#### Noun

kort n
* a card; a piece of stiff paper or plastic.
** 1926, John Wahlborg, Sista resan‎:Mannen räckte mig ett litet kort, varpå han nedskrivit namn och adress på en kvinna i Stockholm.The man gave me a small card on which he had written the name and address of a woman in Stockholm.
* a playing card
    Synonym: spelkort
* a card game, a game involving playing cards
    Ska vi spela kort? ― Shall we play cards?
* photograph
    Synonyms: foto, fotografi

##### Derived terms

* kortlek
* lagt kort ligger
* spelkort
* kortspel

##### Descendants

* → Finnish: kortti

### References

* 1 2 3 Svensk etymologisk ordbok ("Swedish etymological dictionary", in Swedish)

### Further reading

* kort in Svensk ordbok.

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English court.

### Noun

kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)
* court