Kurt
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɝt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɜːt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
- Homophone: curt
Proper noun
Kurt
- A male given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuɾt/
- Rhymes: -uɾt
Derived terms
- Kurtaj
Danish
Etymology
From Low German Kurt.
Faroese
Etymology
From Middle Low German Kurt, a contraction of Konrad.
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʊʁt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʊʁt
Norwegian
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German Kurt, a contraction of Konrad. First recorded in Sweden as Curt in 1639.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Derived terms
- Kurre (“diminutive; 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.
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