kerte

See also: kérte and kerté

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kerti, from Middle Low German kerte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛrtə/, [ˈkʰæɐ̯d̥ə]

Noun

kerte c (singular definite kerten, plural indefinite kerter)

  1. candle (light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin)
  2. taper (slender wax candle)

Inflection

Declension of kerte
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kerte kerten kerter kerterne
genitive kertes kertens kerters kerternes

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كرته (kerte), from Italian quarto.

Noun

kerte (definite accusative kerteyi, plural kerteler)

  1. (nautical) point (small division of a compass), rhumb
  2. direction, degree
  3. the right time

Further reading

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