kaput

See also: kaputt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German kaputt, perhaps via Yiddish קאַפּוט‎ (kaput, “lost, dead”). The same word has also been borrowed by many other languages, with approximately the same meaning.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpuːt/

Adjective

kaput (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Out of order; not working; broken.
    My car went kaput.
    His career is kaput.
    Her marriage went kaput.
    • 1998, Saving Private Ryan
      German propaganda loudspeaker: (...) The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT.
      Captain Miller: "The Statue of Liberty is kaput" – huh, that's disconcerting.

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Adjective

kaput (neuter kaput, plural and definite singular attributive kaput)

  1. broken, dysfunctional

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑput/, [ˈkɑput̪]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧put

Adjective

kaput

  1. (colloquial) kaput

Declension

Indeclinable.

Hungarian

Etymology

kapu +‎ -t

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒput]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧put

Noun

kaput

  1. accusative singular of kapu
    Nyisd ki a kaput! ― Open the gate!

Kavalan

Noun

kaput

  1. friend

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian cappotto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kǎpuːt/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧put

Noun

kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀пӯт)

  1. coat

Declension
Declension of kaput
singular plural
nominative kàpūt kaputi
genitive kapúta kaputa
dative kaputu kaputima
accusative kaput kapute
vocative kapute kaputi
locative kaputu kaputima
instrumental kaputom kaputima

See also
  • mantil


Sundanese

Verb

kaput

  1. to sew
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