kaputt
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AUS) (file)
Adjective[edit]
kaputt (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of kaput
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German kaputt, itself from French capot.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kaputt (invariable)
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
17th century, from French être capot (“not having won any trick in a card game”, as in German schwarz sein). Further origin uncertain. Compare Dutch kapot.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kaputt (strong nominative masculine singular kaputter, comparative kaputter, superlative am kaputtesten)
- (slightly informal) destroyed, broken, out of order
- Synonyms: defekt, außer Betrieb, außer Funktion, funktionsunfähig
- (colloquial) tired, exhausted
Usage notes[edit]
- The main sense has become normal in most registers, including literary and media language, but it is still usually avoided in officialese and other highly formal contexts.
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of kaputt
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist kaputt | sie ist kaputt | es ist kaputt | sie sind kaputt | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | kaputter | kaputte | kaputtes | kaputte |
genitive | kaputten | kaputter | kaputten | kaputter | |
dative | kaputtem | kaputter | kaputtem | kaputten | |
accusative | kaputten | kaputte | kaputtes | kaputte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der kaputte | die kaputte | das kaputte | die kaputten |
genitive | des kaputten | der kaputten | des kaputten | der kaputten | |
dative | dem kaputten | der kaputten | dem kaputten | den kaputten | |
accusative | den kaputten | die kaputte | das kaputte | die kaputten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein kaputter | eine kaputte | ein kaputtes | (keine) kaputten |
genitive | eines kaputten | einer kaputten | eines kaputten | (keiner) kaputten | |
dative | einem kaputten | einer kaputten | einem kaputten | (keinen) kaputten | |
accusative | einen kaputten | eine kaputte | ein kaputtes | (keine) kaputten |
Comparative forms of kaputt
Superlative forms of kaputt
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “kaputt” in Duden online
- “kaputt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “kaputt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 355
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from German kaputt.
Adjective[edit]
kaputt (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French être capot, via German kaputt.
Adjective[edit]
kaputt (indeclinable)
References[edit]
- “kaputt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French être capot, via German kaputt.
Adjective[edit]
kaputt (indeclinable)
References[edit]
- “kaputt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Plautdietsch[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kaputt
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kaputt (not comparable)
- (colloquial) kaput (broken)
Usage notes[edit]
Uninflected.
References[edit]
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