Danish

Adjective

kort

1. short
2. brief

Inflection

Adverb

kort

1. briefly
2. curtly
3. shortly

Noun

kort n (singular definite kortet, plural indefinite kort)

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

Inflection

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” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.

Adjective

kort ‎(comparative korter, superlative kortst)

1. short

Inflection

Derived terms

• korten
• kortdurend
• kortsluiten
• kortweg

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

kort

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

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^(key): /kʰɔɻ̊ʈ/

Noun

kort n (genitive singular korts, plural kort)

1. card
2. map

Declension

Derived terms

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

German

Verb

kort

1. Second-person plural preterite of kiesen.

Hungarian

Etymology

kor +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kort

1. accusative singular of kor

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse word kort ‎(“a map”) whence also the Danish kort ‎(“a map”) and German Karte ‎(“a card; a map”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔr̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɔr̥t

Noun

kort n ‎(genitive singular korts, nominative plural kort)

1. map
2. postcard, card

Declension

Derived terms

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

Synonyms

• landakort
• kort, bréfspjald

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

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)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing 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)

1. card

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

kort

1. 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)

1. short

Derived terms

• kortbukse
• kortsiktig
• kortvarig

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek "khartes", via Latin charta and German Low German kort

Noun

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

1. card

Derived terms

References

• “kort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

kort

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt̪/
• Homophone: kord

Noun

kort m inan

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

Declension

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German kort, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.^[1] Cognate with German kurz, Dutch kort, Danish kort and Norwegian kort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

Adjective

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.

Declension

Antonyms

• lång

Derived terms

• korthet
• kortbyxor

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”).^[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]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊrt/

Noun

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

Declension

Synonyms

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

Compounds

playing card

• kortlek
• spelkort

game

• kortspel

References

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