punkt

== Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech punkt, from Latin pūnctum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpuŋkt] === Noun === punkt m inan (diminutive puntík or (obsolete) punktík) (archaic) point, dot Synonym: tečka period, full stop (punctuation mark) Synonym: tečka ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “punkt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “punkt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “punkt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === Via Middle Low German punct, punt from Latin pūnctum (“point”), the neuter of the participle of pungere (“to puncture”). The Low German word was also borrowed to late Old Norse punktr and Swedish punkt. Doublet of point, pointe, and punktum, and cognate with punktere (from Latin punctuo). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /poŋˀt/, [ˈpʰɔŋˀd̥] === Noun === punkt n (singular definite punktet, plural indefinite punkter) dot point (in space, on some scale or in some mathematical space) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “punkt” in Den Danske Ordbog == Estonian == === Noun === punkt (genitive punkti, partitive punkti) article (of clothing) dot, point item period, full stop ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “punkt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == Icelandic == === Noun === punkt m indefinite accusative singular of punktur == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse punktr, from Middle Low German punct, punt, from Latin pūnctum (“point, puncture, moment”), from pūnctus (“pricked, punctured”), perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, puncture, punch”), from Proto-Italic *pungō (“to prick, sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to prick, punch”). Doublet of punktum. === Noun === punkt n (definite singular punktet, indefinite plural punkt or punkter, definite plural punkta or punktene) (generally) point a dot (also in Braille: a raised dot) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “punkt” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse punktr, borrowed from Middle Low German punct, borrowed from Latin pūnctum, from pūnctus, perfect passive participle of pungō, from Proto-Italic *pungō, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-. Doublet of punktum. === Noun === punkt n (definite singular punktet, indefinite plural punkt, definite plural punkta) (generally) point a dot (also in Braille: a raised dot) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “punkt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Czech == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin pūnctum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpunkt/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpunkt/ === Noun === punkt m inan point, degree, unit (administration) point; paragraph ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Czech: punkt === References === Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “punkt”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění == Polish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uŋkt Syllabification: punkt === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin pūnctum. First attested in 1566. Doublet of puenta. ==== Noun ==== punkt m inan (diminutive punkcik, abbreviation p. or pkt) point (discernable dot against a background of other things) Near-synonym: kropka (mathematics, sciences) point (zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction) point (place designated for a particular task) Synonym: miejsce point (stage of some action) point (element of a list) (literary) point (part of a written or oral statement) (board games, sports, video games) point (unit of scoring in a game or competition) point (distinguishing quality or characteristic) (editorial) point (basic unit of measurement of the length or size of fonts and other elements used in printing, approximately equal to, depending on the calculation system used, from 0.35 to 0.37 millimeters) point (position on an issue) point (spatial or temporal border) (obsolete, anatomy) duct, particularly tear duct (obsolete, cartography) cardinal direction (obsolete, billiards) hole on a billiards table (obsolete) bay Synonyms: haf, zatoka (Middle Polish) section of text; paragraph; article (Middle Polish) issue, affair, matter, business, thing Synonyms: kwestia, rzecz, sprawa ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== Trivia ==== According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), punkt is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 128 times in scientific texts, 54 times in news, 73 times in essays, 13 times in fiction, and 16 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 284 times, making it the 179th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === Etymology 2 === Ellipsis of punkt w punkt. First attested in the 19th century. ==== Adverb ==== punkt (not comparable) (colloquial) on the dot (exactly at a particular hour, neither earlier nor later) Synonym: punktualnie === References === === Further reading === “punkt”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “punkt”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) “PUNKT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 03.06.2009 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “punkt”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “punkt”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Punkt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pûnkt/ === Noun === pȕnkt m inan (Cyrillic spelling пу̏нкт) (regional) dot (regional) place (regional) spot (regional) point ==== Declension ==== === References === “punkt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin pūnctum through Old Norse punktr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɵŋ(k)t/ === Noun === punkt c a period, a full stop an item (on a list or an agenda) (typography) a point; size of a font (geometry) a point a point, a spot (small location, seen as a position) (figuratively) a point (in time) a dot; one of the two symbols used in Morse code (finance) basis point, one hundredth of one percentage point ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Interjection === punkt period Synonym: punkt slut === References === “punkt”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “punkt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “punkt”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) punkt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)