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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