vort

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish וואָרט (vort, “word”).

Pronunciation

Noun

vort (plural vorts)

  1. (Judaism) A short Torah lesson, thought, or insightful saying, often shared at a wedding, gathering, or celebration.
  2. (Judaism, by extension) An engagement party in Orthodox Jewish communities.

See also

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German vort, from Old High German forth, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forward”). Cognate with German fort, English forth.

Adverb

vort

  1. (Luserna) away

References

Danish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vort (formal, neuter, common vor, plural vore)

  1. (formal) our/ours, neuter of vor

See also

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal (uncommon) De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common (noun) den dens
neuter (noun) det dets
indefinite man en ens
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔrt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

Adverb

vort

  1. Informal form of voort

Adjective

vort (used only predicatively, comparative meer vort, superlative meest vort)

  1. (informal) gone, lost, vanished
    Mijn leesbril is vort. ― My reading glasses are lost.
    Tegen de tijd dat de politie arriveerde was hij vort. ― By the time the police arrived, he was gone.

Interjection

vort

  1. (informal) go! move!

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *furt, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus.

Noun

vort m or f

  1. ford
  2. escape route

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: voorde f, voord m, (archaic) voort m

Further reading

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vort, further etymology unclear.

Adjective

vort (comparative vorter, superlative vortste)

  1. rotten, spoiled
  2. dirty
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