kaputt

English

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

kaputt (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of kaput

French

Alternative forms

  • capout

Etymology

Borrowed from German kaputt, itself from French capot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.pyt/

Adjective

kaputt (invariable)

  1. kaput, out of order
  2. dead

German

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /kaˈpʊt/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧putt

Adjective

kaputt (strong nominative masculine singular kaputter, comparative kaputter, superlative am kaputtesten)

  1. (slightly informal) destroyed, broken, out of order
    Synonyms: defekt, außer Betrieb, außer Funktion, funktionsunfähig
  2. (colloquial) tired, exhausted

Usage notes

  • 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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kapoet
  • English: kaput
  • French: kaputt
  • Russian: капут (kaput)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German kaputt.

Adjective

kaputt (invariable)

  1. kaput

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French être capot, via German kaputt.

Adjective

kaputt (indeclinable)

  1. kaput

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French être capot, via German kaputt.

Adjective

kaputt (indeclinable)

  1. kaput

References

Plautdietsch

Adjective

kaputt

  1. out of order, broken, kaputt

Swedish

Adjective

kaputt (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) kaput (broken)

Usage notes

Uninflected.

References

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