ört

See also: ort, Ort, and ORT

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

ört c

  1. herb

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

References
  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]‎, issue 3

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