Fort

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See also: fort, fört, fořt, for't, and fort-

English

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Proper noun

Fort

  1. A surname.
  2. A district of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Dutch

Etymology

From fort (“fort, fortress”). As a district of Colombo, from serving as the site of the Dutch East India Company's Fort Colombo. As a Dutch village, originally the name of a farm first attested as Het Fort in 1851–1855.

See also Dutch Low Saxon Fört.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Fort n

  1. a village in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
  2. a district of Colombo, Sri Lanka

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

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Etymology

From French fort.

Pronunciation

Noun

Fort n (strong, genitive Forts, plural Forts)

  1. fort (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)

Declension

Declension of Fort
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Fort die Forts
genitive eines des Forts der Forts
dative einem dem Fort den Forts
accusative ein das Fort die Forts

Further reading

  • “Fort” in Duden online
  • “Fort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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