Ort

Meaning

(masculine,strong) place, location, point, position
(masculine,strong) place of abode, settled dwelling, village, town
(masculine,metonymically,strong) the collective of inhabitants of such a settlement
(masculine,strong) locus, point (plural Örter)
(Switzerland,dated,masculine,strong) canton (plural Orte; also neuter)

Concepts

place

location

spot

site

town

village

city

situation

field

position

venue

scene

end

awl

locale

space

part

locality

appointment

capacity

job

office

piazza

plaza

post

public square

square

station

abode

accommodation

whereabouts

local

about to

on the verge of

setting

earth

point on a map

one place

same place

passage

point

ceremonial dress

direction

department

district

province

region

community

country

fatherland

nation

people

inhabitant

swiss canton

sword tip

termination

elsewhere

hamlet

resort

locus

collocation

localisation

localization

placement

placing

radication

seat

𐑊𐐬𐐿𐐩𐑇𐐲𐑌

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔʁt/

Etymology

From Middle High German ort (“point (of a tool or weapon), corner, end point, boundary, border, site, place”), from Old High German ort (“point, tip, corner”) (8th century), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”).

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