kort

From Old Norse kurtr, kortr, from Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-Germanic *kurtaz.

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/, [kʰɒːd̥]

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• Rhymes: -ʌɐ̯t

kort

1. short
2. brief

kort

1. briefly
2. curtly
3. shortly

kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)

1. card
2. map
3. plan
4. chart

• “kort” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

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

kort (comparative korter, superlative kortst)

1. short

• korten
• kortdurend
• kortsluiten
• kortweg

• Afrikaans: kort

See the etymology of the main entry.

kort

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of korten
2. imperative of korten

• krot, trok

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

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔɻ̊ʈ/

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

1. card
2. map

• gávukort
• koyrikort
• limakort
• landkort
• heimskort
• matkort

kort

1. Second-person plural preterite of kiesen.

kor +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈkort]
• Hyphenation: kort

kort

1. accusative singular of kor

From the Old Norse word kort (“a map”) whence also the Danish kort (“a map”) and German Karte (“a card; a map”). Old Norse kort from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin papyrus, paper, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper; a book”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I scratch, inscribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔr̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

kort n (genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)

1. map
2. postcard, card
3. debit card
4. credit card

• (map): landakort
• (postcard): póstkort, bréfspjald
• (debit card): debetkort
• (credit card): kreditkort, greiðslukort

• út úr kortinu (beyond the pale, out of the question)

• IPA^(key): /kɔʈ/
• Rhymes: -ɔʈ

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

kort (neuter singular kort, definite singular and plural korte, comparative kortere, indefinite plural kortest, definite plural korteste)

1. short

   på kort sikt - in the short term

   på kort varsel - at short notice

2. brief
3. (as an adverb) briefly, shortly (etter / after)

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

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

1. a card

kort

1. imperative of korte

• “kort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. short

• kortbukse
• kortsiktig
• kortslutning
• kortvarig

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

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

1. card

• “kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

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• Homophone: kord

kort m inan

1. court (place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court)

From Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon *kurt, from Proto-Germanic *kurtaz, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.[1] Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian Bokmål kort.

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kort (comparative kortare, superlative kortast)

1. short
   • 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.

• lång

• korthet
• kortbyxor

Probably from Danish kort (“a card”) or possibly from a not referenced Middle Low German word kort known in Low German, kort (“a card”).[1] Cognate with Icelandic kort (“a card, a map”) and Faroese kort (“a card, a map”), both from Old Norse kort (“a map”), a variant of the Latin words charta and carta.[1]

• IPA^(key): /kʊrt/

kort n

1. 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.

2. a playing card
3. a card game, a game involving playing cards

   Ska vi spela kort?

   Shall we play cards?

4. photograph

• (photograph): foto, fotografi
• (playing card): spelkort

playing card

• kortlek
• spelkort

game

• kortspel

• → Finnish: kortti

Borrowed from English court.

kort (definite accusative kortu, plural kortlar)

1. court