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German
Etymology 1
Originally "remote place", at first in Middle Low German afort (16th century). The contemporary sense as a euphemism since the 18th century. Analysable as ab (“off, away”) + Ort (“place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbɔʁt/, (outdated) /ˈabɔʁt/
Noun
Abort m (strong, genitive Abortes or Aborts, plural Aborte)
- (dated) toilet, loo
2003 February 20, Theo Sommer, “Tagebuchnotizen aus Nordkorea”, in Die Zeit, Hamburg, →ISSN:Das "Haeju Hotel": So etwas habe ich seit Jahrzehnten nicht mehr erlebt. Finstere Halle, Türkenklo, streng riechend wie schwäbische Aborte vor fünfzig Jahren.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 2
From Latin abortus.
Pronunciation
Noun
Abort m (strong, genitive Abortes or Aborts, plural Aborte)
- (formal, medicine) miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, abort
- Synonym: (usual) Fehlgeburt
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Descendants
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English abort.
Noun
Abort m (strong, genitive Aborts, plural Aborts)
- (aeronautics) abort (early termination of a mission)
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