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
public square
ceremonial dress
point on a map
same place
one place
swiss canton
sword tip
𐑊𐐬𐐿𐐩𐑇𐐲𐑌
Synonyms
Marktflecken
Lokalität
geographischer Punkt
Auffinden
zeremonielles Gewand
Gemarkung
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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Sentences
Der Ort hat einen eigenen Kindergarten und eine Grundschule .
The place has its own kindergarten and primary school.
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