kaputt

Meaning

  1. destroyed, broken, out of order
  2. (colloquial) tired, exhausted

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kabutt

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

kabutt

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

futü

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

hii

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kabooris

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kabuttig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈpʊt/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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