ört

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See also: ort, Ort, and ORT

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse urt, oblique case form of Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wrd- (root).

Compare with English wort and the Latin rādīx (root). Cognate with the Icelandic rót; Old English rōt (whence Middle English root (the underground part of a plant), whence English root).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈœ̞ʈː]
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈɵʈː]

Noun[edit]

ört c

  1. herb

Declension[edit]

Declension of ört 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ört örten örter örterna
Genitive örts örtens örters örternas

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎[1], number 3

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