Kurt

See also: kurt, Kürt, and kürt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German Kurt.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t

Proper noun

Kurt

  1. A male given name borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Low German Kurt.

Proper noun

Kurt

  1. A male given name.

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 27 632 males with the given name Kurt have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Faroese

Proper noun

Kurt m

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

  • son of Kurt: Kurtsson
  • daughter of Kurt: Kurtsdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Kurt
Accusative Kurt
Dative Kurti
Genitive Kurts

German

Etymology

A medieval short form of Konrad.

Proper noun

Kurt

  1. A male given name

Norwegian

Proper noun

Kurt

  1. A male given name of German origin.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German Kurt, a contraction of Konrad. First recorded in Sweden as Curt in 1639.

Proper noun

Kurt c (genitive Kurts)

  1. A male given name.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 27 986 males with the given name Kurt living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Turkish

Etymology

From kurt (“wolf”).

Proper noun

Kurt

  1. A male given name
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.