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ka·put

also ka·putt  (kä-po͝ot′, -po͞ot′, kə-)
adj. Informal
Incapacitated or destroyed.

[German kaputt, from French capot, not having won a single trick at piquet, perhaps from French dialectal caper, to look at on the sly, knit the brows, from French cape, cape (as in sous cape, on the sly, secretly (literally, under the cape)), from Provençal capa, from Late Latin cappa.]
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kaput

(kæˈpʊt)
adj
(postpositive) informal ruined, broken, or not functioning
[C20: from German kaputt done for, from French être capot to have made no tricks (literally: to be hoodwinked), from capot hooded cloak]
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ka•put

(kɑˈpʊt, -ˈput, kə-)

adj. Slang.
1. ruined; done for; demolished.
2. unable to operate or continue; broken: The TV went kaput.
[1890–95; < German: orig. trickless (in game of piquet) < French (être) capot (to be) without tricks, i.e., make zero score]
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kaput

A German word meaning done for, used to mean broken, destroyed, or out of order.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.kaput - destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
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kaput

adjective (Informal) broken, finished, dead, destroyed, ruined, wrecked, undone, extinct, defunct, dead in the water (informal) His film career was kaput.
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kaput

adjective
Informal. No longer effective, capable, or valuable:
Idioms: at the end of the line, over the hill, past one's prime.
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Translations

kaput

[kəˈpʊt] ADJ
1. [object] → kaput
to be kaputestar kaput
2. [organization] now he's dead the whole company is kaputahora que ha fallecido, la empresa se ha ido al traste
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kaput

[kəˈpʊt] adjkapout inv, HS inv(= hors service)
to be kaput → être kapout, être HS
The washing machine seems to be kaput → La machine à laver a l'air kapout or HS.
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kaput

adj (inf)kaputt (inf)
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kaput

[kəˈput] adj (fam) → kaputt inv
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** The situation in Macedonia is kaputt and it's worthless to cry over a battle that was betrayed from the very beginning, says Professor Biljana Vankovska in her latest opinion piece in Nova Makedonija.
Da im Plural auf alle Substantive mit dem Pronomen sie und dem Artikel die referiert wird (die Tische/Brillen/Autos sind kaputt; sie mussen repariert werden) kann hier in Fallen wie Reisende und Ankommende/Angekommene das Genus/Geschlecht der bezeichneten Person nicht erkannt werden und man ist zu dessen Bestimmung auf Informationen uber den weiteren Kontext oder au[sz]ertextliche Informationen angewiesen (vgl.
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While these three films -- which received honorary distinctions -- venture in fantasy, Kaputt tells the real, tragic story of political imprisonment in East Germany.
Curzio Malaparte pubblica il suo secondo grande romanzo La pelle nel 1949, cinque anni dopo Kaputt, apparso nel '44.
Inspired by the theme of perfect imperfection, Gaultier's innovative Kaputt (German for "broken") crystal cut gives this necklace with 24K chocolate gold finish bold impact.
The email, for instance, was sup- posed to be defunct a few years ago; instant messaging was declared kaputt soon after; and don't get me started on the 30-second commercial.
(21) A sort of Romeo and Juliet tale revolving around a young worker, Paul (portrayed by Ralf Mobius), and Rita, the daughter of a factory owner, the piece featured the performance of a song with a soon-to-be legendary refrain: 'Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht ('Destroy what destroys you').