lort

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lortr (“excrement, feces”), akin to Faroese lortur, Icelandic lortur. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *lort (“crooked; bent; left; left-handed; dastardly”). If so, then related also to English lirt (“to trick; deceive”), German dialectal lurz (“left; bad; wicked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lort/,

Interjection

lort

1. crap, shit (See Thesaurus:dammit)

Noun

lort c (singular definite lorten, plural indefinite lorte)

1. turd (a piece of excrement)
2. (vulgar, derogatory) jerk, bastard

Inflection

Synonyms

• (a piece of excrement): bæ
• (bastard): skid, skiderik

Noun

lort n (singular definite lortet, not used in plural form)

1. crap, shit (See Thesaurus:feces)
2. (informal) muck, rubbish (See Thesaurus:trash and Thesaurus:junk)
3. (informal) rubbish, drivel (See Thesaurus:nonsense)

Synonyms

• (feces): afføring, ekskrementer
• (trash): bras, skidt
• (nonsense): pis, gas

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊrt/

Noun

lort m (definite singular lorten, indefinite plural lortar, definite plural lortane)

1. a turd (a piece of excrement - mainly used of animal excrement)

References

• “lort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

lort c

1. filth, grime, dirt
2. (dated) excrements

Usage notes

Smuts vs. lort is fairly close to English dirt vs. filth. Lort is a bit more unpleasant (and possibly more judgmental) and can sound old-fashioned.

Declension

Derived terms

• lortgris (“someone filthy”)
• sista lorten stänger porten

Related terms

• lortig (“dirty, filthy”)

References

• lort in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lort in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)