Adjective: kaputt
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | kaputter |
| feminine | kaputte |
| neuter | kaputtes |
| plural | kaputte |
Genitive
| masculine | kaputten |
| feminine | kaputter |
| neuter | kaputten |
| plural | kaputter |
Dative
| masculine | kaputtem |
| feminine | kaputter |
| neuter | kaputtem |
| plural | kaputten |
Accusative
| masculine | kaputten |
| feminine | kaputte |
| neuter | kaputtes |
| plural | kaputte |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der kaputte |
| feminine | die kaputte |
| neuter | das kaputte |
| plural | die kaputten |
Genitive
| masculine | des kaputten |
| feminine | der kaputten |
| neuter | des kaputten |
| plural | der kaputten |
Dative
| masculine | dem kaputten |
| feminine | der kaputten |
| neuter | dem kaputten |
| plural | den kaputten |
Accusative
| masculine | den kaputten |
| feminine | die kaputte |
| neuter | das kaputte |
| plural | die kaputten |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein kaputter |
| feminine | eine kaputte |
| neuter | ein kaputtes |
| plural | kaputten |
Genitive
| masculine | eines kaputten |
| feminine | einer kaputten |
| neuter | eines kaputten |
| plural | kaputten |
Dative
| masculine | einem kaputten |
| feminine | einer kaputten |
| neuter | einem kaputten |
| plural | kaputten |
Accusative
| masculine | einen kaputten |
| feminine | eine kaputte |
| neuter | ein kaputtes |
| plural | kaputten |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | kaputt |
| Comparative | kaputter |
| Superlative | am kaputtesten |
Sample Sentences
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Das Auto ist kaputt. (The car is broken.)
Adjectives inflected like kaputt
seriös,
hemmungslos,
seicht,
kleinkariert,
seelenlos,
rügenswert,
schleierhaft,
defizient,
aalglatt,
bejahrt,
bedeckt,
begehrt,
behaart,
beherzt,
bekifft,
traditionsbewusst,
bekannt,
bekackt,
objektorientiert,
bemoost, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
17th century, from French être capot (“not having won any trick in a card game”, as in German schwarz sein). The further origin is uncertain, though it probably stems from a figurative usage of capot (“hood”); Pfeiffer suggests an image of "a hood pulled over one's head and face" > "restrained and unable to perform actions" (DWDS). Compare Dutch kapot. See: French Adjectives '
capot', Dutch Adjectives '
kapot'.
Verbs referencing "kaputt"
Finnish Adjectives
kaput, French Adjectives
kaputt.
Translations