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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
Interjection
lort
- crap, shit (See Thesaurus:dammit)
Noun
lort c (singular definite lorten, plural indefinite lorte)
- turd (a piece of excrement)
- (vulgar, derogatory) jerk, bastard
Inflection
Synonyms
Noun
lort n (singular definite lortet, not used in plural form)
- crap, shit (See Thesaurus:feces)
- (informal) muck, rubbish (See Thesaurus:trash and Thesaurus:junk)
- (informal) rubbish, drivel (See Thesaurus:nonsense)
Synonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
lort m (definite singular lorten, indefinite plural lortar, definite plural lortane)
- a turd (a piece of excrement - mainly used of animal excrement)
References
- “lort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
lort c
- dirt, filth, grime
- (dated) excrement
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.
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