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Etymology

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From German kaputt (broken, out of order), from French capot (to be without a trick in the card game Piquet). Cognate to Dutch kapot.

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Adjective

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kaput (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Out of order; not working.
    Synonyms: broken; see also Thesaurus:out of order
    My car went kaput.
    His career is kaput.
    Her marriage went kaput.
    • 1998, Saving Private Ryan (motion picture):
      German propaganda loudspeaker: [] The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT.
      Captain Miller: "The Statue of Liberty is kaput" – huh, that's disconcerting.
    • 2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In the book, his conclusion is simple: capitalism is kaput, celebrity charity won’t plug holes, revolution is the only solution. Yet it also feels like a bit of a cop-out: he insists all this can be achieved through love, peace and understanding.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From German kaputt (broken, out of order), from French capot (to be without a trick in the card game Piquet).

Adjective

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

  1. broken, dysfunctional

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German kaputt (broken, out of order), from French capot (to be without a trick in the card game Piquet).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑput/, [ˈkɑ̝put̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑput
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧put

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kaput (not comparable) (informal)

  1. (predicative only) kaput

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Indeclinable

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kaput (not comparable) (colloquial)

  1. kaput

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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kapu +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kaput

  1. accusative singular of kapu
    Nyisd ki a kaput!Open the gate!

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Noun

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kaput

  1. friend

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German kaputt, from French être capot, from Old French capote, from cape, from Late Latin cappa.

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Interjection

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kaput

  1. kaput!

Further reading

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  • kaput in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.ˈput/, [ka.ˈput]

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kaput

  1. companion; mate; partner

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian cappotto.

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

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kàpūt m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀пӯт)

  1. coat

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Sundanese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaput (to tie or clasp together; to button)

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kaput

  1. to sew

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish قاپوت (kaput), from French capote.

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kaput (definite accusative kaputu, plural kaputlar)

  1. hood, bonnet (hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle)

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Inflection
Nominative kaput
Definite accusative kaputu
Singular Plural
Nominative kaput kaputlar
Definite accusative kaputu kaputları
Dative kaputa kaputlara
Locative kaputta kaputlarda
Ablative kaputtan kaputlardan
Genitive kaputun kaputların