Kurt

See also: kurt, Kürt, kürt, kúrt, and kűrt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German Kurt.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kurt

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from German, a contracted form of Konrad.
    • 2022 August 4, Rachel Janfaza, “Andy Ogles will win GOP nomination in redrawn Tennessee 5th District, CNN projects”, in CNN[1]:
      Ogles, an entrepreneur, will defeat state House Speaker Beth Harwell and retired Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Kurt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuɾt/
  • Rhymes: -uɾt

Noun

Kurt m (definite Kurti)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Kurt
singular
indefinite definite
nominative Kurt Kurti
accusative Kurtin
dat./abl. Kurti Kurtit

Derived terms

  • Kurtaj

References

  • Dražić, Marina, Antić, Ivana, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 70a

Danish

Etymology

From Low German Kurt.

Proper noun

Kurt

  1. a male given name

References

  • [3] 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

Etymology

From Middle Low German Kurt, a contraction of Konrad.

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊʁt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊʁt

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.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Kurt c (genitive Kurts)

  1. a male given name
    Synonym: (diminutive) Kurre

Derived terms

  • Kurre (diminutive; given name)

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [4] 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.

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

From kurt (wolf), from Ottoman Turkish قورت (Kurt).

Proper noun

Kurt

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname