fortov

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish forta, fortæ (“space around a horse”), the same word as forte. A compound of for- and Old Norse tá n (“path”), from Proto-Germanic *tanhwą. Cf. Finnish tanhua (“stockyard”), which was borrowed from Proto-Norse or Proto-Germanic. The noun itself is derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“tough”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fortov n (singular definite fortovet, plural indefinite fortove)

  1. (UK) pavement, (US) sidewalk

Declension

Declension of fortov
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fortov fortovet fortove fortovene
genitive fortovs fortovets fortoves fortovenes

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