kaputt
German, adjective/kaˈpʊt/
kaputt is spelled K-A-P-U-T-T (6 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written German, the 2,246th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaputt is a German adjective meaning “destroyed, broken, out of order” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem schadhaften oder funktionslosen Zustand”.
What does kaputt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
destroyed, broken, out of order
Das Auto ist kaputt.
- 2
colloquialtired, exhausted
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einem schadhaften oder funktionslosen Zustand 2. körperlich oder seelisch erschöpft 3. menschlich am Ende; wirtschaftlich ruiniert 4. völlig zerrüttet, zerstört
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kaputt
- kaputter masculine nominative singular
- am kaputtesten superlative
- kaputte feminine nominative singular
- kaputtes neuter nominative singular
- kaputten genitive masculine singular
- kaputtem dative masculine singular
- der kaputte definite includes-article masculine
- die kaputte definite feminine includes-article
- das kaputte definite includes-article neuter
- die kaputten definite includes-article nominative
- des kaputten definite genitive includes-article
- der kaputten definite feminine genitive
- dem kaputten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kaputt?
- /kaˈpʊt/
- [kaˈpʊt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kaputt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kaputt in German?
kaputt appears 37 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).