kaput

See also: kaputt

English

Alternative forms

kaputt

Etymology

From German kaputt, though more often rendered kaput in English; via Yiddish קאַפּוט‎ (kaput, “lost, dead”). The same word has also been borrowed by many other languages, with approximately the same meaning.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈpʊt/, /kəˈpuːt/

Adjective

kaput (not comparable)

(informal) Out of order; not working; broken.
My car is kaput.

His career is kaput.

Her marriage is kaput.
- 1998, Saving Private Ryan
  German propaganda loudspeaker: (...) The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT.
  Captain Miller: "The Statue of Liberty is kaput" – huh, that's disconcerting.

Translations

out of order

Afrikaans: kapoet
Catalan: caput (ca)
Danish: kaput
Dutch: kapot (nl)
Finnish: kaput
French: fini (fr) m, capout (fr)
German: kaputt (de)
Kyrgyz: өлүм (ky) (ölüm), өлүү (ky) (ölüü), жок болуу (ky) (cok boluu), куруп кетүү (ky) (kurup ketüü)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: kaputt

Nynorsk: kaputt
Portuguese: enguiçado m
Romanian: stricat (ro), distrus (ro)
Russian: капу́т (ru) (kapút) (colloquial)
Swedish: kaputt (sv)
Yiddish: קאַפּוט‎‎ (kaput)

Danish

Adjective

kaput (neuter kaput, plural and definite singular attributive kaput)

broken, dysfunctional

Hungarian

Etymology

kapu +‎ -t

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɒput]
Hyphenation: ka‧put

Noun

kaput

accusative singular of kapu

Nyisd ki a kaput! ― Open the gate!

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian cappotto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kǎpuːt/
Hyphenation: ka‧put

Noun

kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀пӯт)

coat

Declension

Declension of kaput

	singular	plural
nominative	kàpūt	kaputi
genitive	kapúta	kaputa
dative	kaputu	kaputima
accusative	kaput	kapute
vocative	kapute	kaputi
locative	kaputu	kaputima
instrumental	kaputom	kaputima

Sundanese

Verb

kaput

to sew

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