kvart

Danish

Etymology

From Latin quārtus (“fourth”), from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʋ̥ɑːd̥]

Adjective

kvart (plural and definite singular attributive kvarte)

1. a quarter of, quarter-

Inflection

Inflection of kvart

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	kvart	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	kvart	—	—2
plural	kvarte	—	—2
definite attributive1	kvarte	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Noun

kvart c (singular definite kvarten, plural indefinite kvarter)

1. quarter (one of four equal parts)

   Synonym: fjerdedel c

2. (music) fourth (interval)
3. quarto (book size, paper size)
4. (fencing) quarte

Inflection

Declension of kvart

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvart	kvarten	kvarter	kvarterne
genitive	kvarts	kvartens	kvarters	kvarternes

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin quartus.

Adjective

kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)

1. a quarter of

   en kvart kilo ― a quarter (of a) kilo

Noun

kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvarter, definite plural kvartene)

1. a quarter (one of four equal parts)

   kvart over ― quarter past

   kvart på ― quarter to

2. a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)

Derived terms

• kvartfinale

References

• “kvart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kvart_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kvart_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑrt/

Etymology 1

From Latin quartus.

Adjective

kvart (neuter singular kvart, definite singular and plural kvarte)

1. a quarter of

   ein kvart kilo ― a quarter (of a) kilo

Noun

kvart m (definite singular kvarten, indefinite plural kvartar, definite plural kvartane)

1. a quarter (one of four equal parts)

   kvart over ― quarter past

   kvart på ― quarter to

2. a fourth (music, interval on diatonic scale)

Derived terms

• kvartfinale

Etymology 2

Pronoun

kvart

1. neuter singular of kvar

References

• “kvart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hvart, from hvar (“where”) (whence kvar) + at (“to”) (whence åt). Cognate with Icelandic hvert and Swedish vart.

Alternative forms

• kort, hort (dialectal)

Pronoun

kvart

1. whither, whereto

   kvart skal eg gå?

   whither am I to walk?

References

• “kvart”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “kvart” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Quart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋârt/

Noun

kvȁrt m (Cyrillic spelling ква̏рт)

1. neighborhood, area

Declension

Declension of kvart

	singular	plural
nominative	kvȁrt	kvàrtovi
genitive	kvarta	kvartova
dative	kvartu	kvartovima
accusative	kvart	kvartove
vocative	kvarte	kvartovi
locative	kvartu	kvartovima
instrumental	kvartom	kvartovima

Slavomolisano

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian quarto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwâːrt/

Noun

kvart m

1. part of something
   • 2010, Luigi Peca, La guerre à Acquaviva:

     Na jena kvart, di jimahma kobilu, ne biša več hiža, bi sa sfunala.

     In one part, where we had the mare, the house wasn’t there anymore, it had collapsed.

Declension

    declension of kvart (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	kvart	kvarta
genitive	kvarta	kvarti
dative	kvartu	kvarti
accusative	kvart	kvarta
locative	kvartu	kvarta
instrumental	kvartom, kvartam	kvarti

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Swedish

Etymology

From French quart, from Latin quartus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeturtos ~ *kʷetwr̥tos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvɑːrt/, [kv̥ɑ̹ːʈ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑːʈ

Noun

kvart c

1. (normally used in genitive: kvarts) a quarter (one of four equal parts)

   Helsingfors har en och en kvarts miljon invånare.

   Helsinki has one and a quarter million inhabitants.

2. a quarter of an hour, 15 minutes
3. (colloquial) a (small, shabby) lodging, often an apartment

Declension

Declension of kvart

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kvart	kvarts
	definite	kvarten	kvartens
plural	indefinite	kvartar	kvartars
	definite	kvartarna	kvartarnas

Related terms

• halvkvart
• knarkarkvart (“drug den”)
• kvartsfinal
• kvartsliter
• kvartsmil
• kvartsmiljon
• kvartsrast
• kvartssamtal
• kvartssekel
• trekvart

 

See also

• kvarter
• kvarting
• kvarts

References

• kvart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)