Which Language Is Kaput?

The German word kaputt ("destroyed"), from which derives the English colloquialism 'kaput' or 'caput,' meaning done, or finished, is not related to this word. The origin of the German word, and consequently the English words, is a borrowing from the French: être capot, lit. 'to be bonnet' or fig. 'to be defeated'.

What language is the word kaput?

German speakers adopted capot, but respelled it kaputt, and used it only for losers. When English speakers borrowed the word from German, they started using kaput for things that were broken, useless, or destroyed.

Is kaput a Russian word?

Out of order; not working; broken. Etymology: From kaputt, though more often rendered kaput in English; via קאַפּוט. The same word is also borrowed by Afrikaans, Albanian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Swedish and Turkish, with approximately the same meaning.